Simultaneous transcatheter valvuloplasty and Amplatzer septal occlusion for pulmonary valvar stenosis and secundum atrial septal defect
Yip, W.C.; Chan, K.Y.; Godman, M.J.
Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore 27(4): 578-581
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0304-4602 PMID: 9791671 Document Number: 490298
Transcatheter balloon valvuloplasty had been established as the treatment of choice in patients with pulmonary valvar stenosis. Non surgical closure of secundum atrial defects by various occlusive devices is currently being evaluated. We report the first successful simultaneous transvenous Mansfield balloon dilation and Amplatzer septal occlusion in a 7-year-old girl with moderately severe pulmonary valvar stenosis and secundum atrial defect in April 1997. Satisfactory reduction of pressure gradient across pulmonary valve and complete obliteration of left to right atrial shunt were achieved.