Regression of pulmonary valve stenosis due to a dysplastic valve presenting in the neonatal period.
Severe pulmonary valve stenosis in the newborn period usually requires either surgical relief or balloon valvoplasty. We describe a neonate in whom the stenosis spontaneously regressed over nine years.
Kirk
C R
CR
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, U.K.
Wilkinson
J L
JL
Qureshi
S A
SA
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000503:physiopathology