title: Transcatheter guidewire perforation of the pulmonary valve as a palliative procedure in pulmonary atresia with intact interventricular septum.
abstract: We report two cases of pulmonary atresia with intact interventricular septum in whom we successfully perforated and performed balloon dilation of the atretic pulmonary valve using a simple guidewire technique. The technical challenges of performing this procedure in small infants are highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Glenmark Cardiac Centre, Mumbai. robinpinto@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Robin I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Bharat
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dalvi
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006346:Heart Septum; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D018633:Pulmonary Atresia / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D011664:Pulmonary Valve