Pulmonary Valve Articles & Analysis: Older
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A postnatal diagnosis of valvar pulmonary stenosis with supra-systemic RV pressures was confirmed via echocardiogram. The following day he was brought to the cardiac catheterization lab where he underwent a balloon dilation of the pulmonary valve. During the catheterization, ventilation became problematic, resulting in pH of 7.10 and PaCO2 88-95 ...
Common examples include holes in the walls of the heart and narrowed or leaky valves. In more severe forms of CHDs, blood vessels or heart chambers may be missing, poorly formed and/or in the wrong place. ...
In the pulmonary model, On-X valves (n=2) were used as control. After 7 days of low-molecular-weight heparin, no further anticoagulant was administered. ...