Pulmonic Stenosis: eMedicine Cardiology

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Pulmonic Stenosis: eMedicine Cardiology

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Overview: Pulmonic stenosis (PS) refers to a dynamic or fixed anatomic obstruction to flow from the right ventricle (RV) to the pulmonary arterial vasculature. Although most commonly diagnosed and treated in the pediatric population, individuals with complex ...

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Tags: Heart, Congenital Heart Defect, Heart Valve Disorder, Pulmonary Stenosis, Children's Health, Cardiology, Pulmonology

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Blood flow obstruction in the right ventricle to the pulmonary arterial vasculature is pulmonic stenosis. Learn more. http://bit.ly/bmtFi5

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Pulmonic Valvular Stenosis: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Until the 1950s, isolated pulmonary stenosis was considered to be a rare congenital abnormality.1 A review of the literature in 1949 yielded just 68 cases. However, as physiologic testing has improved, this condition has been ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Pulmonary valve stenosis typically occurs when the pulmonary valve fails to grow properly during development. http://bit.ly/axqne5

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Tricuspid Stenosis: eMedicine Cardiology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Tricuspid valve dysfunction can result from morphological alterations in the valve or from functional aberrations of the myocardium. Tricuspid stenosis is almost always rheumatic in origin and is generally accompanied by mitral and aortic valve involvement.View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Tricuspid stenosis is almost always rheumatic in origin. What are other causes and possible symptoms? http://bit.ly/aWubkT

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Pulmonic Regurgitation: eMedicine Cardiology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: The pulmonic valve is normally a thin tricuspid structure that prevents blood from regurgitating into the right ventricle once ejected into the low-pressure pulmonary circulation. Pulmonic regurgitation refers to retrograde flow from the pulmonary artery into ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Pulmonic regurgitation refers to retrograde flow from the pulmonary artery into the right ventricle during diastole. http://bit.ly/bPIsVD

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Mitral Stenosis: eMedicine Cardiology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Mitral stenosis (MS) is characterized by obstruction to left ventricular inflow at the level of mitral valve due to structural abnormality of the mitral valve apparatus. The most common cause of mitral stenosis is rheumatic fever. ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Commonly caused by rheumatic fever, mitral stenosis is a progressive disease. What you should know. http://bit.ly/9XVGr6

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Aortic Stenosis: eMedicine Cardiology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Aortic stenosis is a narrowing or obstruction of the aortic valve. With the aging of the United States population, diseases in the elderly are a major interest among health care professionals. Valvular aortic stenosis (AS) is ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Most Recently Shared on April 14, 2010 at 10:11 pm By:

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Aortic stenosis is a narrowing or obstruction of the aortic valve. Learn about causes and symptoms. http://bit.ly/cLlJRX

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