Case Report

How much pressure can the right ventricle generate? Isolated congenital pulmonary valve stenosis in an adult

  • Oben Baysan
  • Mehmet Uzun
  • Celal Genç
  • Hakan Özhan
  • Mehmet Yokuşoğlu
  • Ersoy Işık

Received Date: 29.11.2005 Accepted Date: 21.02.2006 Gulhane Med J 2006;48(2):107-108

Pulmonary stenosis is the most common reason of right ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Isolated pulmonary valvular stenosis constitutes 7% to 10% of patients with congenital heart disease in all age groups. We present a case of isolated pulmonary stenosis with 213 mmHg transvalvular gradient, which to our knowledge, is the most severe transpulmonic gradient in the literature.

Keywords: Severe pulmonary stenosis