Search for: [Abstract = "Isolated pulmonary valve stenosis \(PVS\) is encountered in approximately 0.33\/1000 live births and accounts for approximately 6\-9% of congenital heart defects. The mechanism underlying the abnormality may be commissural fusion or dysplasia of pulmonary valve leaflets \(in 10 % of patients\). Pulmonary valve stenosis is often found in Noonan’s, LEOPARD, or Allagil syndrome. The form of the stenosis may be a decisive factor in selecting surgical\/intervention treatment. Since the first report on percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty \(BVP\) published by Kan et al. in 1982, this is the method of choice in the management of patients \(pts\) with pulmonary valve stenosis \(PVS\) of moderate to severe degree. In spite of the fact that BVP has been employed for the past 25 years, interest continues to focus on immediate and long\-term results depending on the degree of PVS, age of patients and the employed technique. The subject of the present investigation – in addition to reduction of gradient across PVS – is normalization of hemodynamic disturbances, the incidence of recurrent stenosis and various complications, as well as monitoring the development of children subjected to therapy. Objective\: to assess the results of BVP in subsequent patients with PVS \(excluding newborns with critical PVS\) treated in Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, in the years"]

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