PMID: 3753075Sep 1, 1986Paper

Surgical management of patients with pulmonary valve dysplasia

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
W H MerrillH W Bender

Abstract

Pulmonary valve dysplasia is a distinct pathological entity consisting of markedly thickened, deformed, and largely immobile pulmonary valve leaflets. The clinical features and surgical management of 21 consecutive patients operated upon between 1975 and 1985 were reviewed. Mean age at operation was 26.7 months (range: 1 month to 9.5 years). Initial surgical intervention in 3 patients consisted of closed valvotomy or systemic pulmonary artery shunt. One of these patients subsequently had a partial pulmonary valvectomy; the other 2 had total valvectomy and pulmonary annuloplasty. Two patients had partial valvectomy as a primary procedure, and 1 has subsequently required total valvectomy and annuloplasty. Sixteen patients initially had total pulmonary valvectomy, 4 with a simultaneous transannular outflow tract patch. One patient subsequently required a transannular outflow tract patch. Therefore, definitive repair consisted of partial valvectomy in 2 patients, total valvectomy in 19, and a transannular outflow tract patch in 9 patients with a hypoplastic pulmonary annulus. There were no operative deaths, and all patients are asymptomatic at a mean follow-up of 37.9 months. Five patients who underwent total valvectomy were cathet...Continue Reading

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Jun 1, 1987·Annals of Surgery·W H MerrillH W Bender

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