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Stent Implantation Across the Atrial Flow Regulator Device

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The Atrial Flow Regulator (AFR) is a self-expandable double-disc device with a central fenestration, intended to maintain a calibrated communication across the interatrial septum. We reported for the first time a stent implantation across an AFR device in an adolescent born with complex congenital heart disease with duct-dependent systemic circulation and severe combined pulmonary hypertension.

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Enrico Piccinelli, MD is funded by the European Commission through the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme under Grant number 956394 within the PremAtuRe nEwborn motor and cogNitive impairmenTs: Early diagnosis (PARENT) project.

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  1. Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Heart Lung Transplantation, ERN GUARD HEART: Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

    Enrico Piccinelli, Fausto Frazzetto, Mara Pilati & Gianfranco Butera

  2. Polito BIO Med Lab, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy

    Enrico Piccinelli

  3. Division of Pediatrics, Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy

    Fausto Frazzetto

  4. Pediatric Cardiology Department, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy

    Gianfranco Butera

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Enrico Piccinelli, Fausto Frazzetto, Mara Pilati, and Gianfranco Butera contributed to the conception, design, interpretation of data, drafting of the manuscript, and final approval of the manuscript submitted.

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Piccinelli, E., Frazzetto, F., Pilati, M. et al. Stent Implantation Across the Atrial Flow Regulator Device. Pediatr Cardiol 45, 695–698 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-024-03405-z

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