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Springer Congenital Heart Disease The Catheterization Manual by Lisa Bergersen, Susan Foerster, Audrey C. Marshall, Jeffery Meadows
Procedure and Techniques The aortic valve in these patients is most often The dilation can be approached from either a myxomatous and bicuspid with a single, fused retrograde or antegrade direction. Remember commissure and an eccentrically placed orifice, that critical AS is a case of millimeters-so you or unicuspid (dome-shaped). The valve annulus need to be meticulous. may be small for age, but there is evidence that following dilation even quite small annuli may grow to a normal or near normal dimension (1). Retrograde Approach Myxomatous valves may mature, as Myxo- tous pulmonary valves. Because there is a spec- This is the more common approach at Children's trum to left-sided obstructive lesions, often the Hospital Boston since the production of l- first decision in many of these patients is whether profile balloons. Often the umbilical artery and they should have a valvotomy or a staged o- vein already have been cannulated, and may be ventricle repair._x000D_ Table of contents :- _x000D_
The Basics.- Hemodynamics.- Precatheterization Assessment and Preparation.- In the Lab.- After the Case.- A Few Final Words of Advice.- Specific Cases.- Pulmonary Valve Dilation.- Critical Pulmonary Stenosis.- Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum (PA/IVS).- Aortic Valve Dilation.- Critical Aortic Stenosis.- Mitral Valve Dilation.- Pulmonary Angioplasty.- Balloon Dilation and Stent Placement for Coarctation.- RV-PA Conduit Dilation and Stenting.- The Pre-Glenn and Pre-Fontan Catheterization.- Device Closure of Fontan Fenestrations.- ASD Device Closure.- PFO Device Closure.- PDA Closure.- Creating Atrial Septal Defects.- Pericardiocentesis.- Endomyocardial Biopsy.- Coronary Angiography._x000D_