title: Intraoperative balloon valvuloplasty in pulmonary valve stenosis.
abstract: Balloon valvuloplasty was used in the operating room on 7 patients to visually assess the valvular changes induced by inflation of a balloon catheter. All patients had typical pulmonary valve stenosis and an associated cardiac condition which necessitated surgery. Of 23 fused commissures present, 21 were successfully opened with a single balloon inflation. In 2 patients, damage to the leaflets was observed. In 1 patient there was partial detachment and in the other a small tear was noted at the margin of one leaflet. These intraoperative results may be similar to the results obtained with percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty.
authors.affiliation: Unidad Cardiologia, Hospital Ntra Sra del Pino, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Medina
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bethencourt
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Olalla
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Coello
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trillo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goicolea
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Melián
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Laraudogoitia
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jimenez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000002:abnormalities; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000628:therapy*; D011669:Pulmonary Wedge Pressure