A single center experience of adjusting valve pressure ventriculoperitoneal shunts for the treatment of hydrocephalus in infants under 6 months old.

Adriano CattaniFranziska SchwarzerMario SchwarzerAndrea SpyrantisGerhard MarquardtSusanne Schubert-BastVolker SeifertThomas M Freiman

Published in: PloS one (2023)

Optimal VPS pressure valve values could be extremely difficult to settle in order to gain normalisation of the HC and VS in infants. However, after long term follow up (mean of 18 months) and several pressure valve modifications, this normalisation is possible and shows that infants with IVH-H need a higher pressure valve value comparing to infants with OAE-H.

Keyphrases

aortic valve
mitral valve
aortic stenosis
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
ejection fraction
left ventricular
heart failure
subarachnoid hemorrhage
brain injury
replacement therapy