Isolated supravalvular pulmonary stenosis: a rare echocardiographic finding.
Isolated supravalvular pulmonary stenosis is a rare finding, usually evidenced in the pediatric age. Here, we report a case of a 76-year-old patient with isolated, severely obstructive, pulmonary supravalvular stenosis. The peculiarity of the present case is the paucity of symptoms and lack of changes in right heart sections, despite of the importance of stenosis. The report confirms the utility of transthoracic two- and three-dimensional echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography in the detection and quantification of this rare anomaly.
Division of Cardiology, SS Trinità Borgomanero Hospital, Novara, Italy.
Stefano
S
Maffè
Pierfranco
P
Dellavesa
Paola
P
Paffoni
Franco
F
Zenone
Lorenzo
L
Cucchi
Anna Maria
AM
Paino
Luca
L
Bergamasco
Lara
L
Baduena
Nicolò
N
Franchetti Pardo
Marco
M
Zanetta
Umberto
U
Parravicini
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D035583:Rare Diseases
echocardiography; pulmonary valve stenosis