Neonate Aortic Stenosis: Importance of Myocardial Perfusion in Prognosis

Neonate Aortic Stenosis: Importance of Myocardial Perfusion in Prognosis

OBJECTIVE: To analyze our experience with percutaneous aortic balloon valvuloplasty in newborn infants with aortic stenosis, emphasizing the extraordinary importance of myocardial perfusion.METHODS: Over a 10-year-period, 21 neonates underwent percutaneous aortic balloon valvuloplasty. Age ranged fr...

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Main Authors: Marco Aurélio Santos, Vitor Manuel Pereira Azevedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2002-09-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Subjects:
endocardial fibroelastosis
myocardial ischemia
valvuloplasty through balloon catheter
aortic stenosis
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