Laser-assisted tricuspid valve balloon dilation for acquired tricuspid valve atresia.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Acquired pulmonary valve atresia is a well-recognized but uncommon complication of surgical systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunts in patients with tetralogy of Fallot. Acquired atresia of the tricuspid valve, however, has not been reported previously. This complication developed in a 3-year-old girl, with pulmonary atresia and an intact ventricular septum, after a Blalock-Taussig shunt and right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction. Percutaneous transcatheter laser-assisted balloon dilation re-established antegrade flow across the tricuspid valve.
Medical subject headings
- Catheterization
- Heart Defects, Congenital
- Laser Therapy
- Postoperative Complications
- Tricuspid Valve Stenosis