Concurrent percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty for combined tricuspid and pulmonic stenoses.

Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty was successfully performed in a 55-year-old Chinese woman with severe recurrent tricuspid and pulmonic stenoses 11 1/2 years following open valvotomies. An Inoue balloon catheter with the balloon made of double-layered rubber and nylon micromesh was used. The orifices of the tricuspid and pulmonic valves increased from 13 to 27 mm in diameter and from 6 to 14 mm in diameter, respectively, following concurrent balloon valvuloplasties. The present report demonstrated for the first time the feasibility of percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty for combined valvular stenoses.

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