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[Pulmonary valvuloplasty with a balloon catheter in calcified pulmonary valve stenosis]
R D Mora Júnior1, C A Esteves, G R Tazasaki
1Hospital Santa Rita, Maringá, PR.
Arquivos Brasileiros De Cardiologia
|September 1, 1992
Abstract:
Since the first pulmonary valvuloplasty report, the procedure has been used frequently, becoming the best option in isolated valvar pulmonary stenosis. Pulmonary valvuloplasty in adults with calcified valvar pulmonary stenosis, however, has been minimal. We have reported the case of a 62-year-old female patient, with calcified valvar pulmonary stenosis, who underwent valvuloplasty with balloon catheter and showed a decrease in the transvalvular systolic gradient, thus proving the success of post procedure.