Anasarca due to pulmonic valve regurgitation with low pulmonary vascular resistance. Journal Articles uri icon

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abstract

  • A 57-year-old woman underwent pulmonic valvotomy for congenital pulmonic stenosis. She developed severe pulmonic insufficiency, secondary tricuspid regurgitation, and anasarca in spite of a normal pulmonary artery pressure. Insertion of a pulmonary valve prosthesis and tricuspid valve plication reversed all clinical symptoms and signs of this rare complication of pulmonary valvotomy.

publication date

  • May 1987