Growth of the right heart after balloon valvuloplasty for critical pulmonary stenosis in the newborn.

Am J Cardiol

Department of Pediatrics, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.

Published: April 1997

Eight newborns with critical pulmonary stenosis and intact ventricular septum underwent successful percutaneous balloon dilation. Follow-up using echocardiography showed sustained relief of the obstruction across the pulmonary valve and excellent growth of the right heart structures.

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