Rachel L Hansen, Iman Naimi, Hongyue Wang, Nader Atallah, Frank Smith, Craig Byrum, Daniel Kveselis, Glenn Leonard, Rajiv Devanagondi, Matthew Egan
OBJECTIVE: Evaluate long-term outcomes following balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty (BPV) for pulmonary stenosis (PS). BACKGROUND: Long-term data following BPV is limited to small, single center studies. METHODS: BPV from April 12, 1985 to January 7, 2015 from three centers were included. Outcomes studied were ≥ moderate PI by echocardiogram and residual PS ≥ 40 mm Hg. Risk factors for ≥ moderate PI, residual PS, and repeat intervention were assessed by univariate and multivariate analysis...
November 2019: Congenital Heart Disease