title: [Percutaneous transluminal pulmonary valvuloplasty. Results in 34 cases].
abstract: Percutaneous transluminal valvuloplasty with catheter-balloon were performed in thirty-four patients with pulmonary valve stenosis, aged 2 to 11 years (mean = 4.8 +/- 2.4 years). It was a slight stenosis in 24 cases (70.5%) and severe in 10 cases (29.5%). In three of them it was a dysplastic valve. We achieved good results, since right ventricle systolic pressure, decreased from mean = 67 +/- 18 mmHg to mean = 23 +/- 12 mmHg (p less than 0.0001). In the three cases with dysplastic valve, results were rather poor. Procedure was well stood-up and there were no serious complication. We conclude that at the present time valvuloplasty its the elective treatment in pulmonary stenosis in childhood except in cases with dysplastic valve.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Hemodinámica, Hospital Infantil Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Santos de Soto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grueso Montero
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Romero Parreño
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García Perla
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Castillo Camacho
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Descalzo Señorans
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Valvuloplastia transluminal percutánea pulmonar. Resultados en 34 pacientes.