CASE REPORT article
Front. Pediatr.
Sec. Pediatric Cardiology
This article is part of the Research TopicInnovations in Congenital Heart Disease: Cutting-Edge Approaches to Diagnoses and ManagementView all 4 articles
Low profile covered stents in CHD: the role of GORE Viabahn (VBX) stents
Provisionally accepted
- 1Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital (IRCCS), Rome, Italy
- 2Hospital de Sao Joao, Porto, Portugal
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The Gore Viabahn covered stent, approved for the treatment of peripheral arterial disease in femoral/iliac artery lesions may present advantageous features in the field of congenital heart diseases. There are only very few cases in literature reporting the off-label use of these stents. Here we report on four cases where the use of Gore Viahaban stents was successful in various substrates.
Keywords: Children, Congenital heart dise ase, GORE Viabahn (VBX) stents, interventional cardiolgy, Vessel stenosis
Received: 04 Nov 2025; Accepted: 13 Feb 2026.
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* Correspondence: Micol Rebonato
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