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Percutaneous balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty in sickle cell anemia: a case report
R Muthusamy1, R Sriram, B Dunn
1Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
|December 1, 1990
Abstract:
Percutaneous balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty was performed on a 19-year-old female who had moderate pulmonary valve stenosis with sickle cell anemia. The patient developed sickle cell crisis resulting in occipital infarction, but she made a good recovery. We describe this case and the methods of reducing the risk of sickle cell crisis.