EFFECTS OF PULMONARY BALLOON VALVULOPLASTY ON RIGHT CORONARY-ARTERY BLOOD-FLOW IN PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS

Authors
KALLIKAZAROS IE STRATOS CG TSIOUFIS CP STEFANADIS CI TOUTOUZAS PK
Citation
Ie. Kallikazaros et al., EFFECTS OF PULMONARY BALLOON VALVULOPLASTY ON RIGHT CORONARY-ARTERY BLOOD-FLOW IN PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS, The American journal of cardiology, 82(5), 1998, pp. 692
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
82
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1998)82:5<692:EOPBVO>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Pulmonary balloon valvuloplasty results in improvement in the right co ronary artery blood flow velocity pattern and the volumetric flow in p atients with pulmonary valve stenosis. These changes are closely relat ed to concomitant changes in right ventricular systolic pressure.