Prenatal Qualification for Postnatal Balloon Valvuloplasty in Isolated Critical Pulmonary Valve Stenosis Based on 10 Cases From a Tertiary Centre of Fetal Cardiology

Pulmonary valve stenosis is a congenital heart defect that is possible to detect and diagnose during prenatal life. We present a retrospective analysis of ten cases with isolated critical pulmonary valve stenosis (IPVS) to establish echocardiographic criteria which could predict the possibility for...

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Published inKardiologia prenatalna echo płodu Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 13 - 18
Main Authors Płużańska, Joanna, Dryżek, Paweł, Moczulska, Hanna, Słodki, Maciej, Krekora, Michał, Gulczyńska, Ewa, Moszura, Tomasz, Moll, Jadwiga, Respondek-Liberska, Maria
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published De Gruyter Open 01.03.2015
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postnatal balloon valvuloplasty
Prenatal critical pulmonary valve stenosis
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Summary:Pulmonary valve stenosis is a congenital heart defect that is possible to detect and diagnose during prenatal life. We present a retrospective analysis of ten cases with isolated critical pulmonary valve stenosis (IPVS) to establish echocardiographic criteria which could predict the possibility for postnatal balloon valvuloplasty performed shortly after delivery.
ISSN:2353-8201
DOI:10.12847/03152