An earlier paper, reporting 3 successful cases (Brock, 1948), showed the feasibility of valvulotomy for the relief of pulmonary valvular stenosis. The present paper deals with our clinical and operative experience in 33 cases-a number large enough to allow certain conclusions to be drawn. Of the 33 patients submitted to operation, 18 had pure pulmonary stenosis, by which we mean pulmonary valvu...

Most of the congenital heart diseases can be diagnosed in utero using fetal echocardiography. With the development of ultrasonography and intrauterine cardiac intervention technique, fetal cardiac intervention (FCI) for critical aortic stenosis, highly restrictive or intact atrial septum, pulmonary atresia with an intact ventricular septum (PA/ IVS), and critical pulmonary stenosis (CPS) are av...

BACKGROUND Transcatheter balloon valvuloplasty has been the accepted first line treatment for congenital pulmonic stenosis (PS) in children. Transcatheter closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defect (VSD) with Amplatzer VSD occluder is an alternative to surgical repair. CASE PRESENTATION A 12 year old boy presented with history of exertional dyspnea and atypical chest pain. Physical f...

Reported is a patient with bilateral pulmonary artery stenosis which developed concurrently with an episode of idiopathic pericarditis. This association has been unreported previously. The stenosis was corrected surgically. Postoperatively, magnetic resonance imaging was used to follow the status of the pulmonary arteries serially.

Pulmonary vein stenosis, which is one of the rare complications of radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation, has various symptoms. Here, we report a rare case of massive hemoptysis due to pulmonary vein stenosis following radiofrequency catheter ablation, which was successfully managed with pneumonectomy.

The operation of pulmonary valvotomy has been so brilliantly successful that its failure to achieve an ideal end result in certain cases deserves comment. In this report, some residual effects of isolated pulmonary stenosis that may persist after complete valvotomy will be considered. It will be seen that all of these are the result of very severe stenosis or of long-delayed relief of stenosis ...

Among 166 specimens with classical complete transposition, pulmonary or subpulmonary stenosis was present in 22 cases. The bases for obstruction were pulmonary valvular stenosis (one case), membranous subpulmonary stenosis (nine cases), anomalous attachment of the mitral valve to the ventricular septum (five cases) and combinations of causes (seven cases). Conditions contributing to combination...

It is known that both functional reversible, and organic, narrowing of the pulmonary arterioles play a part in the increased pulmonary arteriolar resistance found in many cases of mitral stenosis. Parker and Weiss (1936), Larrabee et al. (1949), Henry (1952), and Harrison (1953) have demonstrated occlusive changes in the small arteries. The observations of Hickam and Cargill (1948), Bayliss et ...

Acquired pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare cardiac defect and diagnosis can often be challenging, as many cases present with refractory or prolonged oxygen requirement over the expected course. Comorbid conditions can cloud this diagnosis further. Prognosis is poor for most patients. We present a case of idiopathic acquired pulmonary vein stenosis and discuss diagnostics, treatment options, and...