Tex Heart Inst J

Balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty and stent implantation. For peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis in Alagille syndrome.

Year 1998
Saidi AS. Kovalchin JP. Fisher DJ. Ferry GD. Grifka RG.
Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston 77030, USA.
We report the case of a patient with Alagille syndrome and severe pulmonary valve and bilateral pulmonary artery branch stenosis. In this patient, transcatheter balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty combined with bilateral pulmonary artery angioplasty and stent placement provided excellent immediate results and long-term improvement.