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Percutaneous pulmonary valvuloplasty in an octogenarian with calcific pulmonary stenosis
C A Tentolouris1, M K Kyriakidis, I P Gavaliatsis
1Department of Cardiology, University of Athens Medical School, Greece.
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|May 1, 1992
Abstract:
We describe a patient in whom calcific pulmonary vascular stenosis was diagnosed at the age of 84 years. Valve stenosis was relieved by percutaneous transluminal pulmonary valvuloplasty. To our knowledge, PTPV performed at this age has not been previously reported.