title: Laser-assisted tricuspid valve balloon dilation for acquired tricuspid valve atresia.
abstract: Acquired pulmonary valve atresia is a well-recognized but uncommon complication of surgical systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunts in patients with tetralogy of Fallot. Acquired atresia of the tricuspid valve, however, has not been reported previously. This complication developed in a 3-year-old girl, with pulmonary atresia and an intact ventricular septum, after a Blalock-Taussig shunt and right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction. Percutaneous transcatheter laser-assisted balloon dilation re-established antegrade flow across the tricuspid valve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Guy's Hospital, London, U.K.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Kakadekkar
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Qureshi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tynan
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D014264:Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*