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Author(s): Satinder K Sandhu Added: 3 years ago
Over the last three decades numerous transcatheter therapies for the treatment of congenital heart disease (CHD) have been developed. Interatrial Septal Defect Balloon atrial septostomy has been performed in patients with transposition physiology and in patients where egress of blood is needed from the left or the right atrium and in adults with pulmonary vascular disease where the creation of… View more
Author(s): Christian Spies , Ziyad M Hijazi Added: 3 years ago
Unlike the left-sided semi-lunar valve, clinically significant acquired pulmonary valve disease is rare. However, stenotic or regurgitant pulmonary valve lesions are not uncommon following surgery for congenital heart defects, including tetralogy of Fallot, pulmonary atresia and other surgical procedures requiring reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT).1–4 Even with the use… View more