Parker et al. 4 reported immediate changes in the respective pressures in 21 patients during mitral commissurotomy — usually an immediate drop. The percentage reduction was higher for the pressure in ...

Six infants with complex cyanotic heart defects (CCHD) (tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) in two, transposition of the great arteries with ventricular septal defect (VSD) and pulmonary stenosis (PS) in two, ...

Aga Khan University Hospital has carried out the balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty procedure, a first in Kenya. The non-surgical process treats pulmonic stenosis — obstruction of normal blood flow in ...

Thus, the pattern of the resolution of pulmonary vascular disease after mitral-valve surgery is not clear. Furthermore, the influence of cardiopulmonary bypass and the characteristics of the ...

The mission of the Saint Louis University Division of Cardiology is to provide excellence in three major areas, including clinical care of the patient with cardiovascular disease, training of the next ...

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Valvular pulmonary stenosis is a fairly common lesion, reported to occur in 10% of all patients with congenital heart disease. Echocardiographic features of significant pulmonary stenosis include ...

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Doctors in Ho Chi Minh City have successfully performed Vietnam’s first officially approved fetal heart procedure, completing the complex operation in just over 30 minutes to save a baby with severe ...