Abstract
4/2010
vol. 6
Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation and related risk of coronary compression – a case report
Post Kardiol Interw 2010; 6, 4 (22): 208-210
Online publish date: 2010/11/22
A case of 17-year-old boy with heart catheterisation before planned transcatheter implantation of a pulmonary valve for severe stenosis of his previousely implanted pulmonary homograft is reported. Coronary angiography during simultaneous test inflation of a balloon in the place of homograft stenosis showed severe compression of right coronary artery. This disappeared after balloon deflation. The valve implantation was abandoned. The described test is recommended as a routine before transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation.
Keywords
pulmonary valve, percutaneous valve implantation
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