Sandbox: Pulmonary Valve regurgitation
Overview
Historical Perspective
Epidemiology and Demographics
Classification
Causes
Chronic Pulmonary regurgitation is caused by the following:
- Following repair of tetralogy of Fallot
- Following balloon or surgical valvulotomy or valvuloplasty for pulmonary stenosis
- Absent pulmonary valve syndrome
- Isolated congenital PR
- Peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Right ventricular outlet aneurysm
Acute pulmonary regurgitation is caused by the following causes, which include:
- Neonatal Ebstein’s anomaly
- Following balloon dilation of critical pulmonary stenosis
- Perforation of valvar pulmonary atresia