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ArticleThe Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology2024

Off-label use of muscular VSD device for closure of a rare congenital portosystemic shunt.

Hala Mounir Agha, Shady Mashoor, Mohamed Ghobashy, Antoine AbdelMassih, Hanya Gaber, Hanaa El-Karaksy

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Article in The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Hala Mounir AghaPediatric Cardiology Unit, Pediatrics' Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, P.O BOX: 12411, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9175-8770
Shady MashoorInterventional Radiology Unit, Radiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Mohamed GhobashyInterventional Radiology Unit, Radiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Antoine AbdelMassihPediatric Cardiology Unit, Pediatrics' Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, P.O BOX: 12411, Cairo, Egypt. antoine.abdelmassih@kasralainy.edu.eg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8876-3229
Hanya GaberFaculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Hanaa El-KaraksyPediatric Hepatology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
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Abstract

backgroundCongenital portosystemic shunt (CPSS) is a vascular malformation in which portal blood drains toward the systemic circulation, leading to pulmonary hypertension. CASE PRESENTATION: A 10-year-old patient was brought for evaluation because of dyspnea on exertion. Echocardiography revealed a pulmonary hypertension of 75 mmHg, and multi-slice CT angiography revealed the presence of a CPSS. Closure was finally implemented using a muscular ventricular septal defect device. Follow-up of the patient revealed a gradual decline in pulmonary hypertension.

conclusionsCPSS is an overlooked cause of reversible pulmonary hypertension (PH). Closure of such lesions and reversal pulmonary hypertension are possible via catheterization. The preferred device type depends largely on the intervening team. Plugs are the first choice for interventional radiologists, while ventricular and atrial septal occluder devices and duct occluders are preferred by pediatric cardiologists.

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CPSSmVSD deviceUnexplained pulmonary hypertension

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