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2. Siddiqui J, Brizard CP, Galati JC, et al. Surgical valvotomy and repair for neonatal and infant congenital aortic stenosis achieves better results than interventional catheterization. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013;62:2134–40. 3. Agnoletti G, Raisky O, Boudjemline Y, et al. Neonatal surgical aortic commissurotomy: predictors of outcome and long-term results. Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:1585–92. 4. Pan XB, Zhang H, Hu SS, et al. Efficacy of hybrid balloon valvuloplasty via sternotomy for treating low-body weight infants with severe congenital valvular aortic stenosis. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2012;40:681–3.
Reply To the Editor: We thank Ma and colleagues [1] for their comments on our article [2]. The Fuwai Hospital team is wondering which approach to adopt in neonates with critical aortic valve stenosis presenting with very poor left ventricular function [1]. In Melbourne, we opted for surgery and still believe that surgery is superior to balloon valvuloplasty in these extreme cases because our previously reported mortality of 3% for neonates predominantly undergoing surgery over a period of 30 years seems inferior to published results for balloon valvuloplasty [3, 4]. To further investigate this matter we reviewed our recent experience. From 2009 to today we operated on 24 neonates (
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2. Siddiqui J, Brizard CP, Galati JC, et al. Surgical valvotomy and repair for neonatal and infant congenital aortic stenosis achieves better results than interventional catheterization. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013;62:2134–40. 3. Agnoletti G, Raisky O, Boudjemline Y, et al. Neonatal surgical aortic commissurotomy: predictors of outcome and long-term results. Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:1585–92. 4. Pan XB, Zhang H, Hu SS, et al. Efficacy of hybrid balloon valvuloplasty via sternotomy for treating low-body weight infants with severe congenital valvular aortic stenosis. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2012;40:681–3.
Reply To the Editor: We thank Ma and colleagues [1] for their comments on our article [2]. The Fuwai Hospital team is wondering which approach to adopt in neonates with critical aortic valve stenosis presenting with very poor left ventricular function [1]. In Melbourne, we opted for surgery and still believe that surgery is superior to balloon valvuloplasty in these extreme cases because our previously reported mortality of 3% for neonates predominantly undergoing surgery over a period of 30 years seems inferior to published results for balloon valvuloplasty [3, 4]. To further investigate this matter we reviewed our recent experience. From 2009 to today we operated on 24 neonates (
