How To Use Pulmonary valve In A Sentence
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The child's own pulmonary valve and base of the pulmonary artery (autograft) replace the defective aorta, while a homograft (blood vessel from a tissue donor) replaces the pulmonary valve and base of the pulmonary artery.
Cardiac terms and definitions
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At the time of her evaluation for twin-twin transfusion with us, the recipient twin was found to have severe biventricular cardiac dysfunction, with moderate to severe leakage (regurgitation) across both mitral and tricuspid valves, severe pulmonic insufficiency with no forward flow across the pulmonary valve and reverse flow seen within the pulmonary artery.
Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS)
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Echocardiography revealed a thin, mobile mass at the level of the pulmonary valve that prolapsed through the valve during diastole.
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Replacement of the aortic and pulmonary valves with the pulmonary autograft.
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Another option includes the surgical placement of a valve called a pulmonary homograft, which is a donated pulmonary valve and artery.
Pulmonary Stenosis
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This condition is also called pulmonic stenosis or pulmonary valve stenosis.
Pulmonary Stenosis
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If valvular disease occurs, it is most likely in the mitral, aortic, tricuspid, or pulmonary valve, in that order.
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The lesion moved with the pulmonary valve and prolapsed back and forth across the valve, suggesting a cardiac tumor.
