USE OF A CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHIC CATHETER FACILITATES CROSSING THE PULMONARY VALVE IN NEONATES WITH CRITICAL OR SEVERE PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS

The inability to cross the pulmonary valve in neonates with severe pul monary stenosis remains a primary reason for procedural failure, We de scribe the use of a standard pediatric cerebral angiographic catheter that enables crossing the pulmonary valve in these neonates with relat ive ease and rapidity.