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Early mortality included three procedure related and six procedure unrelated deaths. There were no intraprocedural deaths. Grade III aortic regurgitation occurred in 20 patients. Five non-lethal complications occurred. At a mean follow up of 5.1 (group 1), 5.7 (group 2), and 7.6 years (group 3), survival was 75%, 88%, and 96%, respectively. Redilatation was performed in three patients in group 1, one in group 2, and 10 in group 3. Surgery was necessary for six in group 1, one in group 2, and eight in group 3. Freedom from events at last follow up was 50%, 75%, and 64%, respectively. There was a residual maximum Doppler gradient of &lt;\u200930 mm Hg in 22 patients and &gt;\u200960 mm Hg in 23; 50 patients have mild to moderate aortic regurgitation.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Balloon aortic valvoplasty is effective and repeatable and offers good palliation for congenital aortic stenosis in childhood.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/hrt.82.6.e10","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,10,22]],"date-time":"2014-10-22T15:31:45Z","timestamp":1413991905000},"page":"e10-e10","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":30,"title":["Aortic balloon dilatation for congenital aortic stenosis: report of 90 cases (1986\u201398)"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"82","author":[{"given":"A","family":"Borghi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"aDepartment of Cardiology, Ospedali Riuniti, via Mazzini 12, Bergamo, Italy, \n\nbDepartment of Cardiology, Ospedale Pediatrico Apuano, Massa Carrara, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"G","family":"Agnoletti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"aDepartment of Cardiology, Ospedali Riuniti, via Mazzini 12, Bergamo, Italy, \n\nbDepartment of Cardiology, Ospedale Pediatrico Apuano, Massa Carrara, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"O","family":"Valsecchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"aDepartment of Cardiology, Ospedali Riuniti, via Mazzini 12, Bergamo, Italy, \n\nbDepartment of Cardiology, Ospedale Pediatrico Apuano, Massa Carrara, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M","family":"Carminati","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"aDepartment of Cardiology, Ospedali Riuniti, via Mazzini 12, Bergamo, Italy, \n\nbDepartment of Cardiology, Ospedale Pediatrico Apuano, Massa Carrara, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[1999,12,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025092100052904000_82.6.e10.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0735-1097(95)00608-7"},{"key":"2025092100052904000_82.6.e10.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0002-9149(97)89395-2"},{"key":"2025092100052904000_82.6.e10.3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0002-9149(84)90709-4"},{"key":"2025092100052904000_82.6.e10.4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/01.CIR.84.6.2325"},{"key":"2025092100052904000_82.6.e10.5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"759","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1540-8183.1995.tb00928.x","article-title":"Balloon aortic valvulotomy in the first year of life.","volume":"8 (suppl)","author":"Carminati","year":"1995","journal-title":"J Intervent Cardiol"},{"key":"2025092100052904000_82.6.e10.6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"155","DOI":"10.1017\/S1047951100011732","article-title":"The carotid arterial approach for balloon dilation of critical aortic stenosis in neonates\u2014immediate results and follow-up.","volume":"5","author":"Giusti","year":"1995","journal-title":"Cardiol Young"},{"key":"2025092100052904000_82.6.e10.7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0002-9149(92)90798-4"},{"key":"2025092100052904000_82.6.e10.8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0022-5223(95)70430-2"},{"key":"2025092100052904000_82.6.e10.9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"831","DOI":"10.1161\/01.CIR.80.4.831","article-title":"Neonatal critical valvar aortic stenosis. 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