Transcatheter Approach for Critical Pulmonary Stenosis or Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum in Young Infants Using the Simmons Catheter
Table 2
Catheterization outcomes of PBPV in the three groups.
Floating catheter (n = 11)
JR catheter (n = 16)>
Simmons catheter (n = 25)
P Value
Fluoroscopy time of entering RVOT (s)
1300.7 ± 679.9
130.3 ± 81.0
46.1 ± 19.9
<0.001
Total fluoroscopy time (min)
38.2 ± 14.1
19.9 ± 10.5
14.5 ± 4.0
<0.001
HLOS (days)
12.0 ± 8.9
11.0 ± 5.1
12.4 ± 11.4
0.693
Complications (%)
4(36.3)
3(18.8)
2(8.0)
0.120
Success rate of catheterization
Success/All (%)
Reintervention rate (%)
4(36.3)
3(18.8)
6(24.0)
0.582
PBPV: percutaneous balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty, RVOT: right ventricular outflow tract, HLOS: hospital length of stay. Simmons Catheter group: including 8 cases of the RLG catheter.
