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Long-Term Results of Balloon Valvuloplasty as Primary Treatment for Congenital Aortic Valve Stenosis: a 20-Year Review
- Source :
- Pediatric Cardiology, Vol. 36, no. 6, p. 1145-1152 (2015)
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- In the presence of new surgical techniques, the treatment of congenital valvular aortic stenosis is under debate. We reviewed the results and late outcomes of all 93 patients aged 1 day to 18 years, treated with balloon valvuloplasty (BAV) as first-line therapy for congenital aortic valve stenosis in our center from January 1991 to May 2012. Mean age at procedure time was 2.4 years; 37 patients underwent BAV at age ≤30 days (neonates), 29 patients at age ≥1 month and
- Subjects :
- Shone’s syndrome
Balloon Valvuloplasty
Heart Defects, Congenital
Male
Balloon valvuloplasty
medicine.medical_specialty
Time Factors
Congenital valvular aortic stenosis
Internal medicine
medicine
Congenital aortic valve stenosis
Humans
Child
Outcome
Ultrasonography
Diminution
business.industry
Infant, Newborn
Infant
Aortic Valve Stenosis
Vascular surgery
Surgery
Cardiac surgery
Treatment Outcome
Aortic Valve
Child, Preschool
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Cohort
Cardiology
Primary treatment
Female
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14321971
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pediatric cardiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....70bf11993a862ac93d0a68da2c9e6426