PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Fetal aortic valvuloplasty is intended to alter the natural history of @entity472 evolving to @entity1699 . The most recently reported data and advances on this procedure were reviewed. RECENT FINDINGS: The highlights of the latest experience are the advances in further understanding of the prenatal and postnatal natural history of this disease, and the way in which fetal aortic valvuloplasty impacts on it, the identification of new predictors of biventricular outcome, and the report of postnatal survival of intervened @entity1 . Recently reported short-term and middle-term results are encouraging. Experimental research on procedural aspects is ongoing, with no definite results. Multicenter studies are also ongoing. SUMMARY: In recent years, there have been advances in the understanding of the prenatal and postnatal process of @entity472 evolving to @entity1699 and the effects of fetal aortic valvuloplasty, as well as the need of adequate postnatal therapeutic strategies for these @entity1 . Procedural aspects are being studied with animal models, but still need far more experience before @entity1 application. Long-term results are still to be discovered, and multicenter studies may provide a new perspective. Continuing research is mandatory so that ultimately fetal heart intervention finds its place among the therapeutic resources for @entity299 .

Fetal intervention for critical XXXX : advances, research and postnatal follow-up.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['human', 'patients'] @entity1699 :: ('MESH:D018636', 'Disease') :: ['hypoplastic left heart syndrome'] @entity472 :: ('MESH:D001024', 'Disease') :: ['aortic stenosis'] @entity299 :: ('MESH:D006331', 'Disease') :: ['congenital heart disease']
@entity472 :: (MESH:D001024,Disease) :: ['aortic stenosis']
