Abstract
Acquired pulmonary valve atresia is a well-recognized but uncommon complication of surgical systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunts in patients with tetralogy of Fallot. Acquired atresia of the tricuspid valve, however, has not been reported previously. This complication developed in a 3-year-old girl, with pulmonary atresia and an intact ventricular septum, after a Blalock-Taussig shunt and right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction. Percutaneous transcatheter laser-assisted balloon dilation re-established antegrade flow across the tricuspid valve.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Catheterization / instrumentation*
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Child, Preschool
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Female
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Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnostic imaging
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Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
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Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / diagnostic imaging
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Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / surgery
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Heart Ventricles / abnormalities
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Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
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Heart Ventricles / surgery
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Humans
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Laser Therapy / instrumentation*
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Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
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Postoperative Complications / surgery*
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Pulmonary Valve / abnormalities
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Pulmonary Valve / diagnostic imaging
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Pulmonary Valve / surgery
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Radiography
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Reoperation
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Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
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Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / surgery*