Aortic stenosis and patent ductus arteriosus: pressure gradients pre- and posttranscatheter ductal occlusion.
Three patients with patent ductus arteriosus and moderate aortic stenosis had a marked reduction in aortic valve gradient following transcatheter ductal occlusion. The hemodynamic effects of an aortopulmonary shunt on the severity of left ventricular outflow obstruction and the implications on intervention are discussed.
Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Yale University School of Medicine and The Children's Hospital at Yale-New Haven, New Haven, CT 06520-8064, USA.
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E
Bruckheimer
Z R
ZR
Bulbul
J C
JC
Love
C S
CS
Kleinman
W E
WE
Hellenbrand
D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*