title: Successful Balloon Pulmonary Valvotomy (BPV) of Severe Calcific Pulmonary Stenosis Presenting in an Octogenarian.
abstract: Severe pulmonary stenosis presents early in life; late presentation is rare. Very late presentation like in our case is rarest of rare. Likewise calcification of pulmonary valve is rare. We describe here, one such case in an eighty-one year old female who astonishingly not only tolerated severe form of pulmonary stenosis but had also gone through three full term pregnancy, successfully without any untoward effect!
authors.affiliation: Intervention Cardiologist.
authors.forename: Deepak Kumar
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.affiliation: Intervention Cardiologist.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Kalmath
authors.affiliation: Intervention Cardiologist.
authors.forename: Shalima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gautam
authors.affiliation: Intervention Cardiologist.
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kawar
authors.affiliation: Intervention Cardiologist, Director Cardiac Cath Lab., Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Goyal
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D063126:Balloon Valvuloplasty / Q000379:methods*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome