Transcatheter therapy in pediatric cardiology

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Transcatheter therapy in pediatric cardiology

editor, P. Syamasundar Rao

Wiley-Liss, c1993

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This volume describes the use of balloon angioplasty to free sticky heart valves and to open arteries of the heart obstructed at birth or as the result of earlier operative procedures. Coverage is also given to techniques of transcatheter closure of atrial and septal defects.

Table of Contents

  • Partial table of contents:
  • Historical Aspects of Therapeutic Catheterization (P. Rao)
  • Balloon Atrial Septostomy: Current Perspective (L. Kidd)
  • Blade Atrial Septostomy (S. Park & W. Neches)
  • Technique of Balloon Valvuloplasty/Angioplasty (P. Rao)
  • Mechanism of Balloon Valvuloplasty/Angioplasty (M. Thapar & P. Rao)
  • Balloon Pulmonary Valvuloplasty for Isolated Pulmonic Stenosis (P. Rao)
  • Balloon Valvuloplasty for Aortic Stenosis (P. Rao)
  • Balloon Valvotomy in Atrioventricular Valve Stenoses (M. Al-Zaibag & M. Halim)
  • Balloon Dilatation of Fixed Subaortic Stenosis (Z. Lababidi)
  • Balloon Angioplasty of Native Aortic Coarctation (P. Rao)
  • Balloon Angioplasty for Aortic Recoarctation Following Previous Surgery (P. Rao)
  • Balloon Angioplasty for Peripheral Pulmonary Artery Stenosis (A. Rocchini)
  • Transcatheter Closure of Atrial Septal Defects (L. Latson)
  • Conclusions and Future Directions (P. Rao)
  • Index.

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