Why the study?
Does pulmonary valvotomy improve symptoms and cardiac hemodynamics in patients with simple pulmonary stenosis?
Population
58 patients with simple pulmonary stenosis (pulmonary valvular stenosis with a closed ventricular septum)
Design
Case_series
Authors
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May support valvotomy for symptom relief in simple stenosis; hypothesis-generating, should not change practice without controlled data.
Does pulmonary valvotomy improve symptoms and cardiac hemodynamics in patients with simple pulmonary stenosis?
Pulmonary valvotomy is an effective procedure for simple pulmonary stenosis, relieving symptoms and reducing right ventricular strain and heart size.
Mark Campbell (1959) studied this question.
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