Key result
Severe adult pulmonic stenosis linked to large pulmonary valve calcium deposits in ~71% of patients.
Why the study?
The development of large calcium deposits in stenotic pulmonary valves and their clinical prerequisites were not well characterized.
Survival into adulthood and severe pulmonic stenosis are prerequisites for developing large calcific deposits in the pulmonary valve.
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May signal chronic severe pulmonic stenosis on imaging; hypothesis-generating from small case series.
Seven patients are described in whom calcium deposits occurred in stenotic pulmonary valves. In five the calcific deposits were visible on chest roentgenogram. Survival into adulthood and severe pulmonic stenosis appeared to be the prerequisites for the development of large deposits of calcium in this valve.
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Roberts et al. (1968) studied this question. Severe pulmonic stenosis and survival into adulthood appear to be prerequisites for developing large pulmonary valve calcium deposits, visible on chest roentgenograms in 5 of 7 patients.
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