Question 1

what are the tests for valvular pulmonic stenosis?

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EKG& Echocadiogram: •	electrocardiogram (ekg): an ekg is used to evaluate the electrical activity of your child’s heart. Echocardiogram: an echocardiogram evaluates the structure and function of your child’s heart using electronically recorded sound waves that produce a moving picture of the heart and heart valves. If your baby has pulmonary valve stenosis, the ultrasound will reveal the malformed pulmonary valve.

Question 2

what are the symptoms of valvular pulmonic stenosis?

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Depends: Unless it is moderate to severe, no symptoms are expected. Moderate to severe would result in exercise intolerance, shortness of breath or chest discomfort with exercise.

Question 3

what is the treatment for valvular pulmonic stenosis?

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It depends: Cardiac catheterization: balloon dilation or valvuloplasty. This is the most common method of repair for pulmonary valve stenosis. Surgical repair surgical separation of valve leaflets that have become fused, allowing the valve leaflets to open properly and surgery to replace the valve.

Question 4

if i have pulmonic stenosis as a baby, what are the chances that my child will as well?

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The chances are low: The risk of a mother with congenital heart disease giving birth to a child with congenital heart disease is greater than the for a mother who does not have congenital heart disease, but still only a few percent. The defect in the child is often not the same as the mother. The exception would be syndromes that have known associations with congenital heart disease where the risk is much higher.

Question 5

how come we got diastolic murmur in pulmonic stenosis?

Accepted Answer

Irrelevant: Systolic/diastolic irrelevant. Degree of pulmonic stenosis determined on echo and cardiac cath. Depending on severity, corrective intervention warranted.

Question 6

will my child need a heart transplant if he has pulmonic stenosis?

Accepted Answer

NO: I have had many patients with pulmonic stenosis and they have not needed transplants. Most people live a perfectly normal life. It depends on the degree of stenosis. Some people may need their valve replaced as adults. A cardiologist can offer more information.

Question 7

what is valvular aortic stenosis?

Accepted Answer

Narrowed heart valve: The aortic valve is between the left ventricle and the aorta. It ensures that blood flows from the heart to the body and not backwards. When the valve is malformed, it does not open fully and the ventricle must work harder to push blood to the body. The medical term for this condition is stenosis.

Question 8

how does a valvular stenosis affect the right and left sides of the heart?

Accepted Answer

Stenosis: It depends on which valve is stenotic. Mitral stenosis increases pressure in the lungs and right heart. Aortic stenosis is a pressure overload of the left ventricle. Pulmonary and tricuspid stenoses are rarer.

Question 9

what will be done to treat valvular aortic stenosis?

Accepted Answer

Valve replacement: If aortic valve stenosis is critical will require an aortic valve replacement.

Question 10

what are the symptoms associated with valvular aortic stenosis?

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The symptoms ranges: From mild to severe. Aortic valve stenosis signs and symptoms typically develop when narrowing of the valve is severe and can include: chest pain (angina) or tightness, feeling faint or fainting with exertion, shortness of breath, especially with exertion, fatigue, especially during times of increased activity, heart palpitations  sensations of a rapid, fluttering heartbeat, heart murmur.

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