What is it about?
Atresia of the pulmonary valve is a serious congenital heart disease. If this occurs in the setting of no VSD it can be managed by percutaneous intervention in cardiac cath lab. Perforation of this atretic pulmonary valve is not easy especially due to the limited availability of the hardwares for use in the neonates. Use of coronary hardwares allows this perforation predictably.
Featured Image
Why is it important?
Use of coronary wires used in chronic total occlusion are extremely useful in perforating these atretic pulmonary valves with predictability.
Perspectives
Great example of using techniques and tools from colleagues.
Dr Saurabh Kumar Gupta
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Perforating the atretic pulmonary valve with CTO hardware: Technical aspects, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, December 2014, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.25760.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
