Aortic valvuloplasty in pediatric patients substantially postpones the need for aortic valve surgery: A single-center experience of 188 patients after up to 17.5 years of follow-up

Circulation

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1201-1206

  Fratz, Sohrab ^a   Gildein, Hans Peter ^a   Balling, Gunter ^a   Sebening, Walter ^a   Genz, Thomas ^a   Eicken, Andreas ^a   Hess, John ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic valve stenosis; Balloon; Catheterization; Pediatrics; Valvuloplasty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; AORTIC VALVE REPAIR; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BALLOON DILATATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BALLOON DILATATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

EID: 41149149718     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.687764     Document Type: Article

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