Successful percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty of the aortic valve in an infant.
Percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty was attempted in an eight-month-old infant with severe aortic valve stenosis. The procedure resulted in a fall in the resting transvalvular systolic pressure gradient from 106 mmHg to 40 mmHg and no aortic regurgitation. Clinical and Doppler echocardiography findings suggest persistent improved status 3 1/2 months after the procedure.
Sánchez
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Mehta
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Ewing
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Brickley
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Anderson
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Black
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D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male