The pulmonary valve

Cardiol Clin. 2011 May;29(2):223-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ccl.2011.01.006.

Abstract

The pulmonary valve consists of 3 leaflets and is similar in anatomy to the aortic valve. It is the least likely to be affected by acquired disease, and thus, most disorders affecting it are congenital. The most common hemodynamic abnormality of the pulmonary valve is the congenitally narrowed domed valve of pulmonic stenosis. Pulmonary stenosis is usually well tolerated in its mild and moderate forms. This article discusses the clinical evaluation, cardiac catheterization, and echocardiography of pulmonary stenosis and pulmonary regurgitation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cardiac Catheterization*
  • Catheterization / methods*
  • Echocardiography, Doppler
  • Female
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / complications
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / physiopathology
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology
  • Heart Ventricles / physiopathology
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
  • Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery* / etiology
  • Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery* / physiopathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Valve / pathology
  • Pulmonary Valve / physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / complications
  • Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / congenital
  • Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / pathology
  • Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / therapy*
  • Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / complications
  • Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / congenital
  • Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / pathology
  • Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / therapy*
  • Radiography
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Syncope* / etiology
  • Syncope* / physiopathology
  • Systolic Murmurs / etiology
  • Systolic Murmurs / physiopathology
  • Treatment Outcome