We describe the use of the Inoue balloon to dilate the aortic valve by the physiologic antegrade route during pregnancy. A 27-year-old pregnant woman with severe aortic stenosis presented with progressive dyspnea and presyncope at 26 weeks of pregnancy. She subsequently underwent percutaneous valvul
Inoue balloon valvuloplasty for the tricuspid valve during pregnancy
โ Scribed by Bhargava, Balram ;Agarwal, Rajiv ;Chandra, Subhash ;Bahl, Vinay K.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 6 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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โฆ Synopsis
We read with interest the article by Gamra et al. [1], and we congratulate
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