Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty for fetal critical aortic stenosis. This involves placing a catheter into the baby’s heart, while the baby is still in the womb.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is examining percutaneous fetal balloon valvuloplasty for pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum and will publish guidance on its ...

Although balloon valvuloplasty is an accepted treatment for symptomatic moderate mitral stenosis, patients with asymptomatic disease are often managed with ‘watchful waiting’ alone. A new study ...

The Wilkins echocardiographic score is also known as the Abascal’s echocardiographic score. It is used to determine the suitability of the mitral valve structure for percutaneous mitral balloon ...

Six infants with complex cyanotic heart defects (CCHD) (tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) in two, transposition of the great arteries with ventricular septal defect (VSD) and pulmonary stenosis (PS) in two, ...

A novel technology called intravascular lithotripsy-facilitated percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (IVL-PBMV) shows promise for treating patients with severe calcific mitral stenosis (MS) and ...

More than three-quarters of patients who undergo percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty (PMBV) for severe symptomatic rheumatic mitral stenosis will have good outcomes without the need for ...