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Pulmonary valve stenosis - Symptom

Alternative Names

Valvular pulmonary stenosis; Heart valve pulmonary stenosis

Symptoms:

Bluish coloration to the skin (cyanosis) in some patients
Chest pain
Fainting
Fatigue
Poor weight gain or failure to thrive in infants with severe blockage
Shortness of breath
Sudden death

Note: Patients with mild-to-moderate blockage may not have any symptoms. There may be no symptoms until the disorder is severe. Symptoms, when present, may get worse with exercise or activity.

Signs and tests:

The health care provider may hear a heart murmur by stethoscope. Tests used in the diagnosis of pulmonary stenosis may include:

Heart, section through the middle

Heart, front view

Heart valves

Reviewed last on: 5/15/2008
Robert A. Cowles, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Zipes DP, Libby P, Bonow RO, Braunwald E, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 8th ed. St. Louis, Mo; WB Saunders; 2007.

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