Objective: Valvotomy and the autograft procedure are the most common surgical treatment options for children with valvular aortic stenosis. We evaluated the results of these surgical procedures in our institution. Methods: Retrospective analysis was done of all patients presenting with aortic stenosis and operated upon before the age of 18. In 11 patients a valvotomy was performed and in 36 an ...

Williams syndrome (WS), also known as Williams-Beuren syndrome, is a rare genetic disorder characterized by infantile hypercalcemia, short stature, varying degree of mental retardation, elfin-like facial features, and cardiovascular abnormalities, including systemic hypertension, aortic hypoplasia, coarctation the aorta, valvular heart disease (aortic pulmonic stenosis, mitral valve prolapsed o...

OBJECTIVE To study the feasibility, efficacy, and safety of total percutaneous correction of a tetralogy of Fallot variant with dominant pulmonary valve stenosis. DESIGN Percutaneous correction of a variant of tetralogy of Fallot with dominant pulmonary valve stenosis, on the basis that there are transcatheter methods for the correction of malalignment-type ventricular septal defect (VSD) (tr...

Isolated bicuspid pulmonary valve is a rare arterial valve anomaly with very few reports in the literature. It is usually in association with other congenital cardiac lesions. However, the true incidence of bicuspid pulmonary valve could be underestimated because of the difficulty in imaging pulmonary valve morphology with conventional two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography. A 21-year-o...

A 44-year-old woman presented with dyspnea on exertion. Her past medical history included rheumatic heart disease and she had been followed up for rheumatic mitral valve stenosis for the last 4 years. Her symptoms had worsened over the 3 months prior to her presentation. She was evaluated in the emergency department and electrocardiographic examination revealed atrial fibrillation. Sinus rhythm...

BACKGROUND Mitral stenosis is the most important and common cardiac complication seen during pregnancy. Conception is discouraged in cases where pulmonary hypertension develops during the course of mitral stenosis. Successful general and regional anaesthetic interventions have been reported in some cases of severe pulmonary hypertension. CASE REPORTS We present our experiences with anaestheti...

Pulmonary artery aneurysm (PAA) is generally a rare lesion, and there is no definitive approach for it. We report the case of a 45-year-old man who was admitted for the evaluation of dyspnea. In childhood, he had been diagnosed with PAA with congenital pulmonary valve stenosis and regurgitation, and he had a percutaneous transvenous pulmonary valve commissurotomy. Transthoracic echocardiogram s...

conclusions high risk patients needing avr are optimal candidates for transcatheter aortic valve implantation. tavi is a valuable solution for high risk patients needing avr. obtained results are comparable to results in transthoracic avr in standard candidates for aortic valve implantation. background transcatheter aortic valve implantation (tavi) has emerged as an alternative treatment to cla...