Balloon valvuloplasty was used in the operating room on 7 patients to visually assess the valvular changes induced by inflation of a balloon catheter. All patients had typical pulmonary valve stenosis and an associated cardiac condition which necessitated surgery. Of 23 fused commissures present, 21 were successfully opened with a single balloon inflation. In 2 patients, damage to the leaflets was observed. In 1 patient there was partial detachment and in the other a small tear was noted at the margin of one leaflet. These intraoperative results may be similar to the results obtained with percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty.
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Am J Cardiol
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Department of Anaesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalyani, Kolkata.
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Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
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Department of Internal Medicine I, Cardiology, University Hospital Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
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