Author/Editor		Robida, Andrej; Pavčnik, Dušan
Title		Perforation of the heart in a newborn with critical valvar pulmonary stenosis during balloon valvoplasty
Type		članek
Source		Int J Cardiol
Vol. and No.		Letnik 26, št. 1
Publication year		1990
Volume		str. 111-2
Language		eng
Abstract		We describe the perforation of the right ventricular outflow tract with a 0.021 inch wire in a newborn infant with critical pulmonary valvar stenosis inan attempt to ballon dilatation of the pulmonary valve. The complication was diagnosed by contrast injection into the pericardium. The infant was followed with sector scan echocardiography and recovered completely from that injury. The dilatation was successfully repeated a few dazs later with the use of a soft tipped wire to cross the pulmonary valve.
Descriptors		HEART INJURIES CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC BALLOON DILATATION PULMONARY SUBVALVULAR STENOSIS WOUNDS, PENETRATING INFANT, NEWBORN