[Pulmonary valvuloplasty with a balloon catheter in calcified pulmonary valve stenosis].
Since the first pulmonary valvuloplasty report, the procedure has been used frequently, becoming the best option in isolated valvar pulmonary stenosis. Pulmonary valvuloplasty in adults with calcified valvar pulmonary stenosis, however, has been minimal. We have reported the case of a 62-year-old female patient, with calcified valvar pulmonary stenosis, who underwent valvuloplasty with balloon catheter and showed a decrease in the transvalvular systolic gradient, thus proving the success of post procedure.
Mora Júnior
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Hospital Santa Rita, Maringá, PR.
Esteves
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Tazasaki
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Peixoto
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Pezarini
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D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional
Valvoplastia pulmonar com cateter balão na estenose pulmonar valvar calcificada.