Surgical removal of pulmonary flow restrictors in children with congenital heart disease: What the outcomes reveal.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Pulmonary flow restrictors (PFRs) are interesting devices, but their surgical removal outcomes are poorly understood.

Methods

Retrospective review of clinical data from children with bilateral PFRs who underwent device removal during follow-up surgery.

Results

Thirty-four PFRs were explanted from 17 patients (41.2% boys) at a median of 2 months (interquartile range [IQR], 1.2-5.2 months) postimplantation, with a median patient age of 2.5 months (IQR, 1.6-5.8 months). One patient experienced life-threatening bilateral pulmonary artery (PA) aneurysms 2 months after PFR implantation, necessitating urgent surgery. Two PFRs were found migrated across the left PA's upper lobe branch origin. Twenty-six were removed intact, 1 in 2 fragments, and 7 piecemeal. No thro

SUBMITTER: Haddad RN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11883757 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature