Download Pulmonary valve stenosis

By Mackenzie Arnold
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Pulmonary valve stenosis is a condition where
the flow of blood from your heart to your lungs
is slowed down by a deformity either on or
near your pulmonary valve. This valve helps
the flow from the heart to the lungs.
Pulmonary valve
stenosis
Marek Arnold
Brother
Born with Pulmonary
valve stenosis
Balloon valvuloplasty
Surgery 1-6 days old.
Balloon opened up a
valve.
Wayne Arnold
Grandfather
Valve transplant at 53
and then a heart
transplant, he later died
of heart infection at age
54.
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Pulmonary valve stenosis usually occurs
during the fetal development.
Sometimes other medical conditions or having
an artificial valve can cause the condition in
older people
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Usually pulmonary valve stenosis occurs in
babies who don’t have proper fetal
development.
Adults rarely get pulmonary valve stenosis,
when they do it is usually a complication of
another illness.
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Infection
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Heart failure
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If the right ventricle becomes weak, the heart may
stop pumping blood causing heart failure.
Irregular heart beat
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With artificial valves a bacterial infection may occur
in the inner lining of the heart.
With a severe irregular heartbeat you may need a
monitor and it may weaken your heart.
Medicine
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May be needed if severe
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TESTS
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Electrocardiogram
 Measure electrical activity in heart
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Echocardiography
 Use high pitched sound waves to take picture of the
heart
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Cardiac catheterization
 Small tube inserted into you by the doctor to check
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TREATMENTS
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Balloon valvuloplasty
Open-heart surgery
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To start you will see your family doctor then you
will be referred to a general practitioner or a
child’s physician. Lastly they will send you to a
doctor specializing in the heart, usually a child’s
cardiologist.
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http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/pulmona
ry-valvestenosis/DS00610/DSECTION=causes
http://www.lpch.org/DiseaseHealthInfo/Hea
lthLibrary/cardiac/ps.html
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditio
ns/CongenitalHeartDefects/AboutCongenital
HeartDefects/Pulmonary-ValveStenosis_UCM_307034_Article.jsp