[Functional atresia of the pulmonary valve]

Arq Bras Cardiol. 1992 Feb;58(2):121-3.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

Three newborn children with cyanosis due to Ebstein's anomaly of tricuspid valve with an important hemodynamic repercussion presented features of imperforation of pulmonary valve. On the follow-up, clinical and laboratory findings verified that pulmonary atresia was functional resulting from a combination of low right ventricular pressure and high pulmonary vascular resistance.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Ebstein Anomaly / complications
  • Echocardiography, Doppler
  • Electrocardiography
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Prostaglandins E / therapeutic use
  • Pulmonary Valve / abnormalities*
  • Vectorcardiography

Substances

  • Prostaglandins E