Pre-natal echocardiographic diagnosis and neonatal balloon dilatation of severe valvar pulmonic stenosis.
A case is presented below where pre-natal echocardiographic diagnosis of critical pulmonic valvar stenosis was made at 36 weeks of gestation. In view of the severe heart failure, successful balloon valvotomy was performed on day 4 of life. The child was asymptomatic at one month follow-up.
Vajifdar
B U
BU
Department of Cardiology, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai.
Gupta
A K
AK
Kerkar
P G
PG
Kulkarni
H L
HL
D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal