Use of the Gore Viabahn VBX balloon-expandable endoprosthesis in the congenital heart disease population

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 Sep 1;94(3):416-421. doi: 10.1002/ccd.28389. Epub 2019 Jul 5.

Abstract

The Gore Viabahn VBX balloon-expandable endoprosthesis (W. L. Gore & Associates, Flagstaff, AZ) is a flexible covered stent that is FDA-approved for the treatment of iliac artery stenosis, including lesions at the aortic bifurcation. In this case series, we report the first use of the VBX covered stent in congenital heart disease, highlighting several of its unique advantages.

Keywords: congenital heart disease (adults); congenital heart disease (pediatrics); pediatric intervention; stent graft.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Angioplasty, Balloon / instrumentation*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
  • Female
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / physiopathology
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Palliative Care*
  • Peripheral Vascular Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Peripheral Vascular Diseases / physiopathology
  • Peripheral Vascular Diseases / surgery*
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Stents*
  • Treatment Outcome