Prophylaxis and treatment for the complications of the percutaneous balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty in children with pulmonary valve stenosis / 国际儿科学杂志

Percutaneous balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty has replaced surgery as the first choice for pulmonary valve stenosis,especially for the isolated ones in children.However,there still happen to be some complications which could lead to a bad prognosis or even death,when the procedure has already been a recognized safe one.This paper reviews these complications with their causal factors as well as the ways to prevent and treat them.