title: Concurrent percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty for combined tricuspid and pulmonic stenoses.
abstract: Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty was successfully performed in a 55-year-old Chinese woman with severe recurrent tricuspid and pulmonic stenoses 11 1/2 years following open valvotomies. An Inoue balloon catheter with the balloon made of double-layered rubber and nylon micromesh was used. The orifices of the tricuspid and pulmonic valves increased from 13 to 27 mm in diameter and from 6 to 14 mm in diameter, respectively, following concurrent balloon valvuloplasties. The present report demonstrated for the first time the feasibility of percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty for combined valvular stenoses.
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Provincial Cardiovascular Institute, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Z X
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: Z D
authors.initials: ZD
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: T O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000628:therapy*; D012008:Recurrence; D014264:Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000628:therapy*