title: Pre-natal echocardiographic diagnosis and neonatal balloon dilatation of severe valvar pulmonic stenosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai.
authors.forename: B U
authors.initials: BU
authors.lastname: Vajifdar
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Kerkar
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
mesh_terms: 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