Key result
Surgery for congenital pulmonary valve stenosis has become obsolete, and its late outcomes may not be informative for patients treated with modern balloon dilatation.
Why the study?
What are the late survival and functional outcomes of patients who underwent surgery for congenital pulmonary valve stenosis?
Population
Patients who have undergone surgery for congenital pulmonary valve stenosis
Comparison
Surgery vs Balloon dilatation
Design
Editorial
Follow-up
up to four decades
Authors
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This editorial discusses the value of studying late outcomes of obsolete surgical treatments for congenital pulmonary valve stenosis to understand long-term survival and functional impacts in adults with congenital heart disease.
What are the late survival and functional outcomes of patients who underwent surgery for congenital pulmonary valve stenosis?
This editorial discusses the value of studying late outcomes of obsolete surgical treatments for congenital pulmonary valve stenosis to understand long-term survival and functional impacts in adults with congenital heart disease.
Yves d’Udekem (2016) conducted an editorial in Congenital pulmonary valve stenosis. Surgery for pulmonary valve stenosis vs. Balloon dilatation was evaluated. Surgery for congenital pulmonary valve stenosis has become obsolete, and its late outcomes may not be informative for patients treated with modern balloon dilatation.
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