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Transcatheter retrograde radio-frequency perforation of the pulmonic valve in pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum, using a 2 French catheter

✍ Scribed by Hijazi, Ziyad M. ;Patel, Hitendra ;Cao, Qi-Ling ;Warner, Kenneth

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 208 KB
Volume: 45
Category: Article
ISSN: 0098-6569
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199810)45:2<151::aid-ccd10>3.0.co;2-o

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✦ Synopsis

A neonate with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (PA/IVS) underwent successful retrograde transcatheter perforation of the pulmonary valve, using a 2 Fr radio-frequency catheter with subsequent anterograde balloon dilation of the valve. Due to persistent hypoxemia, the neonate underwent placement of a 4-mm modified Blalock-Taussig shunt. Transcatheter retrograde transductal perforation of the pulmonic valve in PA/IVS is feasible and may be a potential alternative to anterograde perforation.