Hypoplastic left heart syndrome with intact atrial septum: levoatriocardinal vein stent placement as a bridge to surgery.

Infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, an intact atrial septum and pulmonary venous hypertension, are critically ill and have a poor prognosis. This case describes relief of severe pulmonary edema in such a patient by stent placement in a stenotic levoatriocardinal vein, with subsequent successful surgical palliation. Copyright 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.