Case 4/2016: 32-Year-Old Female, with Critical Pulmonary Valve Stenosis. Operated at 4 Months of Age, in Normal Healing Evolution
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DOI: 10.5935/abc.20160090 Clinical Data: Good clinical evolution was observed after correction of marked critical pulmonary valve stenosis, with central orifice with one (01) mm of diameter of valve opening, in a case of right heart failure and cyanosis by right to left shunt through foramen ovale, on an emergency basis, with circulatory arrest without cardiopulmonary bypass, at 4 months of age. On that occasion, a commissurotomy of the trivalvular pulmonary valve through the pulmonary trunk was performed. Mild systolic murmur in the pulmonary area, though less intense than before surgery, which remained audible until adolescence. Currently, the patient is able to carry out routine activities and does not refer any symptoms. The patient has led a normal life, having graduated in law at a traditional university with normal and well tolerated physical performance.
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دوره 106 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016