title: Growth of the right heart after balloon valvuloplasty for critical pulmonary stenosis in the newborn.
abstract: Eight newborns with critical pulmonary stenosis and intact ventricular septum underwent successful percutaneous balloon dilation. Follow-up using echocardiography showed sustained relief of the obstruction across the pulmonary valve and excellent growth of the right heart structures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Velvis
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Raines
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bensky
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Covitz
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002404:Catheterization; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000254:growth & development; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors