Successful Balloon Pulmonary Valvotomy (BPV) of Severe Calcific Pulmonary Stenosis Presenting in an Octogenarian
Mishra, D.K.; Kalmath, B.C.; Gautam, S.; Kawar, R.; Goyal, B.K.
Journal of the Association of Physicians of India 64(6): 90-91
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-5772 PMID: 27739281 Document Number: 688385
Severe pulmonary stenosis presents early in life; late presentation is rare. Very late presentation like in our case is rarest of rare. Likewise calcification of pulmonary valve is rare. We describe here, one such case in an eighty-one year old female who astonishingly not only tolerated severe form of pulmonary stenosis but had also gone through three full term pregnancy, successfully without any untoward effect!