Chapter 16. Anomalies of the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract and Pulmonary Valve

  1. Wyman W. Lai MD, MPH Director Associate Professor3,4,
  2. Luc L. Mertens MD, PhD Section Head Associate Professor5,6,
  3. Meryl S. Cohen MD Associate Professor Director7,8,9,
  4. Tal Geva MD Professor of Pediatrics Chief10,11
  1. Matthew S. Lemler MD Professor of Pediatrics1,2,
  2. Claudio Ramaciotti MD Professor of Pediatrics1,2

Published Online: 5 AUG 2009

DOI: 10.1002/9781444306309.ch16

Book Title

Echocardiography in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease: From Fetus to Adult

Echocardiography in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease: From Fetus to Adult

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How to Cite

Lemler, M. S. and Ramaciotti, C. (2009) Anomalies of the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract and Pulmonary Valve, in Echocardiography in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease: From Fetus to Adult (eds W. W. Lai, L. L. Mertens, M. S. Cohen and T. Geva), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444306309.ch16

Editor Information

  1. 3

    Columbia University, USA

  2. 4

    Non-Invasive Cardiology Imaging, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York Presbyterian, New York, NY, USA

  3. 5

    Echocardiography, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

  4. 6

    University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

  5. 7

    University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

  6. 8

    Echocardiography Laboratory, Philadelphia, PA, USA

  7. 9

    Cardiology Fellowship Training Program, The Children' Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA

  8. 10

    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

  9. 11

    Division of Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging, Department of Cardiology, Children' Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA

Author Information

  1. 1

    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA

  2. 2

    Division of Cardiology, Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 5 AUG 2009
  2. Published Print: 25 SEP 2009

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9781405174015

Online ISBN: 9781444306309

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Keywords:

  • right ventricular (RV) outflow tract;
  • pulmonary valve stenosis;
  • severe RV hypertrophy and reduced RV end-systolic deformation;
  • critical pulmonary valve stenosis;
  • examination goals and transthoracic imaging;
  • transcatheter and surgical treatment;
  • absent pulmonary valve with intact ventricular septum;
  • main pulmonary artery stenosis

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Pulmonary valve stenosis

  • Subpulmonary stenosis, including double-chambered right ventricle

  • Absent pulmonary valve with intact ventricular septum

  • Main pulmonary artery stenosis

  • References

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