Why the study?
Does simultaneous balloon dilatation improve transvalvular gradients in a pediatric patient with combined severe congenital valvular aortic and pulmonary stenosis?
Case Report (n=1)
Does simultaneous balloon dilatation improve transvalvular gradients in a pediatric patient with combined severe congenital valvular aortic and pulmonary stenosis?
Simultaneous balloon dilatation of both aortic and pulmonary valves is a feasible and effective alternative to surgery in pediatric patients with combined severe congenital valvular stenosis.
May support simultaneous balloon dilatation in rare combined stenosis; leaves open need for prospective data before wider use.
Isolated congenital valvular stenosis of either aortic or pulmonary valve is commonly seen yet the presence of both these lesions in the same patient is rare. This combination presents unusual diagnostic as well as management problems. Apart from a few case reports, there is little in the literature on the combined stenosis of both semilunar valves. We present here a case report of a three and half year old boy diagnosed as a combined congenital severe valvular aortic stenosis with valvular pulmonary stenosis. The patient underwent successful balloon dilatation of both these valves in the same sitting.
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Gupta et al. (2013) conducted a case report in Combined congenital severe valvular aortic stenosis and valvular pulmonary stenosis (n=1). Simultaneous balloon dilatation of aortic and pulmonary valves was evaluated on Reduction in transvalvular gradients.
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