Balloon aortic valvuloplasty is an acceptable alternative to surgery in the treatment of critical aortic stenosis in the neonate. In this report, we describe a 1-day-old infant with critical aortic stenosis who was successfully treated with an anterograde, transumbilical venous, snare-assisted ballo
Percutaneous Balloon Valvuloplasty of Both Pulmonary and Aortic Valves in a Neonate with Pulmonary Atresia and Critical Aortic Stenosis
β Scribed by T. Kobayashi; N. Momoi; Y. Fukuda; H. Suzuki
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 465 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0172-0643
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