TY - JOUR
T1 - Absent pulmonary valve syndrome with intact ventricular septum and patent ductus arteriosus
T2 - Report of two cases and a short review of the literature
AU - Grotenhuis, Heynric B.
AU - Nijveld, Aagje
AU - Backx, Ad
PY - 2003/1/1
Y1 - 2003/1/1
N2 - We describe two patients who both presented shortly after birth with congestive heart failure due to an absent pulmonary valve and patent ductus arteriosus. Diagnostic evaluation revealed in both cases an aneurysmatic dilation of the pulmonary vascular tree and an abundant left-to-right shunt over a large patent ductus arteriosus. Ventricular septal defects were not detected. Early surgical closure of the patent ductus arteriosus improved the hemodynamic situation so that implantation of a homograft valve could be delayed.
AB - We describe two patients who both presented shortly after birth with congestive heart failure due to an absent pulmonary valve and patent ductus arteriosus. Diagnostic evaluation revealed in both cases an aneurysmatic dilation of the pulmonary vascular tree and an abundant left-to-right shunt over a large patent ductus arteriosus. Ventricular septal defects were not detected. Early surgical closure of the patent ductus arteriosus improved the hemodynamic situation so that implantation of a homograft valve could be delayed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0037236577&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04297-2
DO - 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04297-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 12537234
AN - SCOPUS:0037236577
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 75
SP - 280
EP - 282
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 1
ER -