title: Balloon valvuloplasty for critical pulmonary valve stenosis in a premature infant.
abstract: Successful balloon valvuloplasty for critical pulmonary valve stenosis is described in an 800-g infant. A modified catheter was required to cross the valve in the smallest child known to undergo this procedure.
authors.affiliation: University of Florida College of Medicine, Shands Children's Hospital, Gainesville, FL, USA.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Hoyer
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*