Transumbilical venous, anterograde, snare-assisted balloon aortic valvuloplasty in a neonate with critical aortic stenosis
✍ Scribed by Rao, P. Syamasundar ;Jureidini, Saadeh B.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 213 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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✦ Synopsis
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 balloon aortic valvuloplasty. Based on this experience, it is suggested that the anterograde transumbilical venous approach is a feasible and effective alternative to retrograde femoral, carotid, or umbilical arterial and transfemoral venous anterograde routes for performing balloon aortic valvuloplasty in the neonate.