Balloon Valvuloplasty Through the Right Ventricle: Another Treatment of Pulmonary Atresia With Intact Ventricular Septum Qian-zhen Li, MD, Hua Cao, MD, Qiang Chen, MD, Gui-Can Zhang, MD, Liang-Wan Chen, MD, Dao-Zhong Chen, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 95, Issue 5, Pages 1670-1674 (May 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.02.003 Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Incision was made below the sternum. A suture was placed on the surface of the right ventricle. The trocar was punctured into the right ventricle at the location of the suture. The guidewire was inserted into the trocar. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 95, 1670-1674DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.02.003) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 The arrow shows the guidewire placed in the main pulmonary artery (PA) through the right ventricle (RV). (RA = right atrium.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 95, 1670-1674DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.02.003) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 The balloon was placed in the main pulmonary artery and was dilated by injecting normal saline. (RA = right atrium; RV = right ventricle.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 95, 1670-1674DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.02.003) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 The arrow shows the forward flow across the pulmonary valve annulus after balloon dilation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 95, 1670-1674DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.02.003) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions