Critical pulmonary valve stenosis in the neonate: A technique to facilitate balloon dilation
Critical pulmonary valve stenosis associated with ductal dependent pulmonary blood flow is rare, accounting for a small proportion of all infants undergoing balloon dilatation. 1 Valvuloplasty in these infants may be technically difficult and at times impossible due to inability to traverse the crit...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The American journal of cardiology 1994-02, Vol.73 (4), p.310-312 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Critical pulmonary valve stenosis associated with ductal dependent pulmonary blood flow is rare, accounting for a small proportion of all infants undergoing balloon dilatation.
1 Valvuloplasty in these infants may be technically difficult and at times impossible due to inability to traverse the critically stenotic valve. Previous investigators have described a gradational approach whereby balloon catheters of increasing diameter (2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 mm) are sequentially advanced and inflated across the valve relieving the obstruction.
2 This approach, however, is time consuming and subjects the infant to prolonged fluoroscopy exposure. We have developed a valvuloplasty technique in the neonate with critical pulmonary valve stenosis which shortens fluoroscopy time and facilitates catheter advancement across the critically stenotic valve. |
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ISSN: | 0002-9149 1879-1913 |
DOI: | 10.1016/0002-9149(94)90240-2 |