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Valve perforation and balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty in an infant with tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary atresia
- Source :
- Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis. 40:403-406
- Publication Year :
- 1997
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 1997.
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Abstract
- We report an infant who had tetralogy of Fallot, hypoplastic pulmonary arteries, and membranous pulmonary atresia who underwent successful perforation of the atretic valve and subsequent balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty. Because of the inability to access the pulmonary arteries via a patent ductus arteriosus, two-dimensional echocardiography was used to confirm wire position prior to perforation. The branch pulmonary arteries initially measured 1.5 mm in diameter and enlarged to 2.8 mm immediately after valvuloplasty. Four months postprocedure, the patient underwent a successful repeat balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty. The pulmonary arteries had grown to approximately 6 mm in diameter. Although it is a rare occurrence, patients with tetralogy of Fallot and membranous pulmonary atresia can be dilated with successful growth of the pulmonary arteries.
- Subjects :
- congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities
medicine.medical_specialty
Heart disease
business.industry
Perforation (oil well)
medicine.disease
Balloon
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
Ductus arteriosus
Internal medicine
Pulmonary valve
Atresia
medicine
Cardiology
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Pulmonary atresia
Tetralogy of Fallot
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Details
- ISSN :
- 10970304 and 00986569
- Volume :
- 40
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........bd7aad61f07f04a6b9d9546d04371512