scholarly journals Sympathetic Overactivity in Patients with Pulmonary Stenosis and Improvement after Percutaneous Balloon Valvuloplasty

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omer Alyan ◽  
Ozcan Ozdemir ◽  
Fehmi Kacmaz ◽  
Serkan Topaloglu ◽  
Cemal Ozbakir ◽  
...  
1988 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 179-182
Author(s):  
Jon B. Tingelstad

Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty is an effective alternative to open-heart surgery for moderate and severe pulmonary valvular stenosis and is the treatment of choice for the typical form of this congenital heart defect in many medical centers. Standard right and left heart catheterizations with biplane cineangiocardiography to evaluate the anatomy and motion of the pulmonary valve are performed. If the criteria for balloon valvuloplasty are met, a balloon catheter is inserted in the vein and advanced so that the balloon straddles the stenotic pulmonary valve. The balloon is inflated by hand until the constriction caused by the stenosis disappears. The procedure is repeated to confirm the absence of the constriction and the catheter is removed. Balloon valvuloplasty is a safe procedure, and no fatalities or major morbidity have been reported.


1997 ◽  
Vol 93 (s37) ◽  
pp. 10P-10P
Author(s):  
GYH Lip ◽  
R Katira ◽  
VS Rathore ◽  
J De Giovanni ◽  
SP Singh

1991 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 165-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. E. Brownlie ◽  
M. A. Cobb ◽  
J. Chambers ◽  
G. Jackson ◽  
S. Thomas

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 178-181
Author(s):  
Maria Kordybach ◽  
Mirosław Kowalski ◽  
Marcin Demkow ◽  
Piotr Hoffman ◽  
Witold Rużyłło

Author(s):  
Yi-Lwun Ho ◽  
Wen-Jone Chen ◽  
Chau-Chung Wu ◽  
Chia-Lun Chao ◽  
Hsien-Li Kao ◽  
...  

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