Abstract
The Journal is the primary organ of Continuing Paediatric Medical Education in Sri Lanka. The journal also has a website. Free full text access is available for all readers.The Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is now indexed in SciVerse Scopus (Source Record ID 19900193609), Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR), CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International Global Health Database), DOAJ and is available in Google, as well as Google Scholar.The policies of the journal are modelled on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Guidelines on Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is recognised by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as a publication following the ICMJE Recommendations.
Highlights
Balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty (BPV) has become the treatment of choice for the relief of moderate to severe pulmonary stenosis (PS)
It effectively reduces right ventricle-pulmonary artery systolic pressure gradient[2]. It should be considered as the treatment of choice for children with PS based on its excellent outcome, lesser trauma and fewer 1Department of Cardiology, Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre, Bansbari, Kathmandu, Nepal (Received on 10 August 2013: Accepted after revision on 27 September 2013)
Singleballoon technique was performed via femoral vein, with balloon size 15% greater than the pulmonary valve annulus diameter measured on 2D-Echo Doppler evaluation
Summary
A retrospective longitudinal cohort study was carried out in SGNHC from June 2006 to June 2013. Seventy consecutive patients (37 males) with moderate to severe PS who underwent balloon valvuloplasty were included in the study. The gradient was measured pre and immediate post valvuloplasty at catheterization and compared
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