The postvalvulotomy propranolol test to determine reversibility of the residual gradient in pulmonary stenosis.
We advocate the use of propranolol in very low dosage at the end of operation to determine a prognosis of the long-term results to be expected after valvulotomy in diverse types of pulmonary stenosis.
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis; D010701:Phonocardiography; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011433:Propranolol; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*
D011433:Propranolol