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Stent Placement in the Treatment of Pulmonary Artery Stenosis Secondary to Fibrosing Mediastinitis

2001; Elsevier BV; Volume: 12; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s1051-0443(07)61600-5

1535-7732

Arthur B. Fontaine, John J. Borsa, Eric K. Hoffer, Robert D. Bloch, Coralli R. So,

Vascular Anomalies and Treatments

This article describes an initial experience with stent placement in three patients with severe pulmonary artery stenosis secondary to fibrosing mediastinitis. All three patients were severely symptomatic on admission and all three were asymptomatic after treatment and remained symptom-free approximately 1 year after treatment.