Postnatal Angiographic Appearance of Left Ventricular Myocardium in Fetal Patients With Aortic Stenosis Having In-Utero Aortic Valvuloplasty
October 18th, 2009 Posted by: admin
Publication year: 2009<br><b>Source:</b> The American Journal of Cardiology, Volume 104, Issue 9, 1 November 2009, Pages 1271-1275<br>Babar Sultan, Hasan , John Finbarr, Keane , Wayne, Tworetzky , James E., Lock , Audrey Chung, Marshall<br><br>Fetal aortic valvuloplasty (FAV) is performed on the basis of the hypothesis that aortic stenosis leads to the impairment of left ventricular (LV) filling and growth. Given that most fetuses fail to exhibit normalization of LV growth even after successful FAV, better understanding of the associated LV myocardial pathology is indicated. Postnatal angiography was reviewed retrospectively for all patients who (1) underwent FAV for severe aortic stenosis and (2) had well-opacified LV angiograms before any su
