Interventional creation of an endogenous reverse Potts shunt in an infant with pulmonary hypertension and genetic surfactant disorder-a case report

2020 Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy. All rights reserved..

Reverse Potts shunt is a palliative procedure aimed at decompressing the pressure-overloaded right ventricle in severe pulmonary hypertension (PH). We, herein, report the first case of an interventional creation of an "endogenous" reverse Potts shunt by stenting a pre-existing small but patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in a 2 months old female infant with severe, supra-systemic PH, associated with a novel combination of a compound heterozygous ABCA3 mutation and additional heterozygous genetic variants of surfactant protein B (SFTPB) and C (SFTPC). The aforementioned combination of human genetic mutations has not been described before in viable infants, children or adults. The catheter intervention was performed via percutaneous femoral arterial access and was well-tolerated. Subsequently, the infant improved by means of clinical status, echocardiographic systolic right ventricular (RV) function, and serum NT-proBNP levels as biomarker of right atrial and RV pressure load. In conclusion, this single case report suggests that interventional stenting of a pre-existing PDA to create an "endogenous" reverse Potts shunt is feasible and efficacious in infants less than 3 months old with severe PH and impending RV failure associated with developmental lung disease.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

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Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy - 10(2020), 5 vom: 17. Okt., Seite 1696-1700

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sallmon, Hannes [VerfasserIn]
Berger, Felix [VerfasserIn]
Weber, Sven C [VerfasserIn]
Fischer, Hendrik S [VerfasserIn]
Hansmann, Georg [VerfasserIn]
Opgen-Rhein, Bernd [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ABCA3
Case Reports
Ductal stenting
Ductus arteriosus
Neonate
Potts shunt
SFTPB
SFTPC

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Date Revised 24.11.2020

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.21037/cdt.2020.03.11

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NLM317917846