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==Overview==
==Overview==
Pathophysiologic mechanism of [[pulmonic regurgitation]] include [[right ventricular overload]] resulting in right ventricular remodelling and progressive decline in function. The rate of decline in right ventricular [[systolic function]] is affected by associated conditions such as peripheral [[pulmonary artery stenosis]] and [[pulmonary hypertension]] which further increase the severity of [[pulmonary regurgitation]].
The pathophysiologic mechanism of [[pulmonic regurgitation]] includes [[right ventricular overload]] resulting in right ventricular remodeling and progressive decline in function. The rate of decline in right ventricular [[systolic function]] is affected by associated conditions such as peripheral [[pulmonary artery stenosis]] and [[pulmonary hypertension]] which further increase the severity of [[pulmonary regurgitation]].


==Pathophysiology==
==Pathophysiology==
The pulmonic regurgitation usually occurs by one of the following mechanisms:<ref>{{cite book | last = Khavandi | first = Ali | title = Essential revision notes for the cardiology KBA | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = Oxford | year = 2014 | isbn = 978-0199654901 }} </ref>
The pulmonic regurgitation usually occurs by one of the following mechanisms:<ref>{{cite book | last = Khavandi | first = Ali | title = Essential revision notes for the cardiology KBA | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = Oxford | year = 2014 | isbn = 978-0199654901 }} </ref>
*'''[[Pulmonic valve]] ring dilatation''':
*'''Acquired alteration in the valvular leaflet morphology''':<ref name="CurtissMiller1983">{{cite journal|last1=Curtiss|first1=E I|last2=Miller|first2=T R|last3=Shapiro|first3=L S|title=Pulmonic regurgitation due to valvular tophi.|journal=Circulation|volume=67|issue=3|year=1983|pages=699–701|issn=0009-7322|doi=10.1161/01.CIR.67.3.699}}</ref>
**The development of [[pulmonic regurgitation]] due to [[tophus]] valvular vegetations has been reported in a case. The patient reported had long-standing cyanotic [[congenital heart disease]] and developed [[hyperuricemia]] secondary to [[polycythemia]]. The possible mechanism of development of the [[vegetation]]s involved hemodynamic valvular trauma in the setting of sustained [[hyperuricemia]] and subsequent [[dystrophic calcification]] at primary [[tophus]] lesion.
**On gross pathology vegetative lesions observed.
**Polarized light microscopy of the material taken from the pulmonic valve demonstrated [[Gout diagnostic study of choice|negatively birefringent crystals]].


*'''Congenital absence or malformation of the valve''':  
===Acquired alteration in the valvular leaflet morphology<ref name="CurtissMiller1983">{{cite journal|last1=Curtiss|first1=E I|last2=Miller|first2=T R|last3=Shapiro|first3=L S|title=Pulmonic regurgitation due to valvular tophi.|journal=Circulation|volume=67|issue=3|year=1983|pages=699–701|issn=0009-7322|doi=10.1161/01.CIR.67.3.699}}</ref>===
*'''Increasing regurgitation causing [[right ventricle|right ventricular]] volume overload''': Patients with [[pulmonic regurgitation]] develop chronic [[right ventricular overload]] resulting in right [[ventricular remodelling]] and progressive decline in function.<ref name="pmid26430501">{{cite journal| author=Bigdelian H, Mardani D, Sedighi M| title=The Effect of Pulmonary Valve Replacement (PVR) Surgery on Hemodynamics of Patients Who Underwent Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). | journal=J Cardiovasc Thorac Res | year= 2015 | volume= 7 | issue= 3 | pages= 122-5 | pmid=26430501 | doi=10.15171/jcvtr.2015.26 | pmc=4586599 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=26430501  }} </ref> The rate of decline in right ventricular [[systolic function]] is affected by associated conditions such as peripheral [[pulmonary artery stenosis]] and [[pulmonary hypertension]] which further increase the severity of pulmonary regurgitation. In patients with increased [[pulmonary artery pressure]] from dysfunction of [[left ventricle]] or residual [[pulmonary artery stenosis]] increases the severity of [[pulmonary regurgitation]]. Progressive dilation of the [[right ventricle]] results in functional [[tricuspid regurgitation]] and increases the risk of developing [[arrhythmias]].
*The development of [[pulmonic regurgitation]] due to [[tophus]] valvular vegetations has been reported in a case. The patient reported had long-standing cyanotic [[congenital heart disease]] and developed [[hyperuricemia]] secondary to [[polycythemia]]. The possible mechanism of development of the [[vegetation]]s involved hemodynamic valvular trauma in the setting of sustained [[hyperuricemia]] and subsequent [[dystrophic calcification]] at primary [[tophus]] lesion.
*The [[Diastolic blood pressure|diastolic pressure]] difference between [[right ventricle]] and [[pulmonary artery]] is usually very small and steers the pulmonic valve regurgitation. The right ventricular stiffness due to [[right ventricular hypertrophy]] (such as in [[Tetralogy of Fallot]]) and [[fibrosis]], increases the ventricular [[diastolic pressure]], decreasing the gradient thus causing regurge. A slight increase in the intrathoracic pressure (such as in ventilated patients) can accentuate the pulmonary regurgitation considerably.<ref name="pmid17569817">{{cite journal| author=Chaturvedi RR, Redington AN| title=Pulmonary regurgitation in congenital heart disease. | journal=Heart | year= 2007 | volume= 93 | issue= 7 | pages= 880-9 | pmid=17569817 | doi=10.1136/hrt.2005.075234 | pmc=1994453 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17569817  }} </ref>
*On gross pathology vegetative lesions observed.
*Polarized light microscopy of the material taken from the pulmonic valve demonstrated [[Gout diagnostic study of choice|negatively birefringent crystals]].
 
===Idiopathic dilatation of the pulmonary artery (IDPA)<ref name="pmid28228295">{{cite journal |vauthors=Malviya A, Jha PK, Kalita JP, Saikia MK, Mishra A |title=Idiopathic dilatation of pulmonary artery: A review |journal=Indian Heart J |volume=69 |issue=1 |pages=119–124 |date=2017 |pmid=28228295 |pmc=5319124 |doi=10.1016/j.ihj.2016.07.009 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid27891002">{{cite journal |vauthors=Sharma RK, Talwar D, Gupta SK, Bansal S |title=Idiopathic dilatation of pulmonary artery |journal=Lung India |volume=33 |issue=6 |pages=675–677 |date=2016 |pmid=27891002 |pmc=5112830 |doi=10.4103/0970-2113.192869 |url=}}</ref><ref name="SegallRitter1950">{{cite journal|last1=Segall|first1=S.|last2=Ritter|first2=I. I.|last3=Hwang|first3=W.|title=A Case of Marked Dilatation of the Pulmonary Arterial Tree Associated with Mitral Stenosis|journal=Circulation|volume=1|issue=4|year=1950|pages=777–781|issn=0009-7322|doi=10.1161/01.CIR.1.4.777}}</ref>===
*The exact pathogenesis of dilatation of the [[pulmonary artery]] is not fully understood. The demonstration of the [[disease]] among [[child|pediatric population]] signals the [[congenital]] nature of the [[etiology]]. Main [[pulmonary artery]] and the origin of its right and left main pulmonary arteries are majorly affected. It is thought that [[pulmonary artery]] dilatation is mediated by the unequal division of truncus arteriosus communis. Other proposed mechanisms include maldevelopment of the whole [[pulmonary tree]] and the association of hypoplastic [[aorta]] with dilated.
===[[Pulmonary artery]] aneurysm<ref name="pmid28228295">{{cite journal |vauthors=Malviya A, Jha PK, Kalita JP, Saikia MK, Mishra A |title=Idiopathic dilatation of pulmonary artery: A review |journal=Indian Heart J |volume=69 |issue=1 |pages=119–124 |date=2017 |pmid=28228295 |pmc=5319124 |doi=10.1016/j.ihj.2016.07.009 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid27891002">{{cite journal |vauthors=Sharma RK, Talwar D, Gupta SK, Bansal S |title=Idiopathic dilatation of pulmonary artery |journal=Lung India |volume=33 |issue=6 |pages=675–677 |date=2016 |pmid=27891002 |pmc=5112830 |doi=10.4103/0970-2113.192869 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid16181901">{{cite journal |vauthors=Deb SJ, Zehr KJ, Shields RC |title=Idiopathic pulmonary artery aneurysm |journal=Ann. Thorac. Surg. |volume=80 |issue=4 |pages=1500–2 |date=October 2005 |pmid=16181901 |doi=10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.04.011 |url=}}</ref>===
*It is thought that the development of [[pulmonary artery]] aneurysm is mediated by either the congenital weakness or cystic [[tunica media|medial]] degeneration of the [[pulmonary artery]] walls. An association between cystic [[tunica media|medial]] degeneration and increased hemodynamic forces then leads to [[aneurysm]] formation. Pulmonary artery [[aneurysms]] have been associated with structural cardiac and vascular abnormalities, [[vasculitis]], and [[infection]] (such as [[syphilis]].
 
===Congenital absence or malformation of the valve===
===Increasing regurgitation causing [[right ventricle|right ventricular]] volume overload<ref name="pmid26430501">{{cite journal| author=Bigdelian H, Mardani D, Sedighi M| title=The Effect of Pulmonary Valve Replacement (PVR) Surgery on Hemodynamics of Patients Who Underwent Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). | journal=J Cardiovasc Thorac Res | year= 2015 | volume= 7 | issue= 3 | pages= 122-5 | pmid=26430501 | doi=10.15171/jcvtr.2015.26 | pmc=4586599 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=26430501  }} </ref>===
* Patients with [[pulmonic regurgitation]] develop chronic [[right ventricular overload]] resulting in right [[ventricular remodelling]] and progressive decline in function. The rate of decline in right ventricular [[systolic function]] is affected by associated conditions such as peripheral [[pulmonary artery stenosis]] and [[pulmonary hypertension]] which further increase the severity of pulmonary regurgitation. Among patients with increased [[pulmonary artery pressure]] from dysfunction of [[left ventricle]] or residual [[pulmonary artery stenosis]] increases the severity of [[pulmonary regurgitation]]. Progressive dilation of the [[right ventricle]] results in functional [[tricuspid regurgitation]] and increases the risk of developing [[arrhythmias]].
*The [[Diastolic blood pressure|diastolic pressure]] difference between [[right ventricle]] and [[pulmonary artery]] is usually very small and steers the pulmonic valve regurgitation. The right ventricular stiffness due to [[right ventricular hypertrophy]] (such as in [[Tetralogy of Fallot]]) and [[fibrosis]], increases the ventricular [[diastolic pressure]], decreasing the gradient thus causing regurge. A slight increase in the intrathoracic pressure (such as among [[ventilated]] patients) can accentuate the pulmonary regurgitation considerably.<ref name="pmid17569817">{{cite journal| author=Chaturvedi RR, Redington AN| title=Pulmonary regurgitation in congenital heart disease. | journal=Heart | year= 2007 | volume= 93 | issue= 7 | pages= 880-9 | pmid=17569817 | doi=10.1136/hrt.2005.075234 | pmc=1994453 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17569817  }} </ref>
*The severity of [[regurgitant jet]] is dependent on:<ref name="pmid26430501">{{cite journal| author=Bigdelian H, Mardani D, Sedighi M| title=The Effect of Pulmonary Valve Replacement (PVR) Surgery on Hemodynamics of Patients Who Underwent Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). | journal=J Cardiovasc Thorac Res | year= 2015 | volume= 7 | issue= 3 | pages= 122-5 | pmid=26430501 | doi=10.15171/jcvtr.2015.26 | pmc=4586599 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=26430501  }} </ref>
*The severity of [[regurgitant jet]] is dependent on:<ref name="pmid26430501">{{cite journal| author=Bigdelian H, Mardani D, Sedighi M| title=The Effect of Pulmonary Valve Replacement (PVR) Surgery on Hemodynamics of Patients Who Underwent Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). | journal=J Cardiovasc Thorac Res | year= 2015 | volume= 7 | issue= 3 | pages= 122-5 | pmid=26430501 | doi=10.15171/jcvtr.2015.26 | pmc=4586599 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=26430501  }} </ref>
**Size of the [[regurgitant orifice]]
**Size of the [[regurgitant orifice]]
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|Severe Pulmonary valve regurgitation
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*CW jet density and contour: dense laminar flow with steep deceleration slope; may terminate abruptly
*CW jet density and contour: dense laminar flow with steep deceleration slope; may terminate abruptly
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*Paradoxical septal motion (volume overload pattern)
*Paradoxical [[Interventricular septum|septal]] motion (volume overload pattern)
*Right ventricular enlargement
*Right ventricular enlargement
|None or variable and dependent on cause of pulmonary reguritation and right ventricular function
|None or variable and dependent on the cause of [[PR]] and [[right ventricle|right ventricular]] function
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Overview

The pathophysiologic mechanism of pulmonic regurgitation includes right ventricular overload resulting in right ventricular remodeling and progressive decline in function. The rate of decline in right ventricular systolic function is affected by associated conditions such as peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis and pulmonary hypertension which further increase the severity of pulmonary regurgitation.

Pathophysiology

The pulmonic regurgitation usually occurs by one of the following mechanisms:[1]

Acquired alteration in the valvular leaflet morphology[2]

Idiopathic dilatation of the pulmonary artery (IDPA)[3][4][5]

Pulmonary artery aneurysm[3][4][6]

Congenital absence or malformation of the valve

Increasing regurgitation causing right ventricular volume overload[7]

According to 2014, ACC/AHA valvular heart disease guidelines the stages of severe pulmonary regurgitation are described as follows:[9]

Stage Definition Pulmonary Valve

Anatomy

Valve Hemodynamics Hemodynamic Consequences Symptoms
C,D Severe PR
  • Distorted or absent leaflets
  • Annular dilation
  • Paradoxical septal motion (volume overload pattern)
  • Right ventricular enlargement
None or variable and dependent on the cause of PR and right ventricular function

References

  1. Khavandi, Ali (2014). Essential revision notes for the cardiology KBA. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199654901.
  2. Curtiss, E I; Miller, T R; Shapiro, L S (1983). "Pulmonic regurgitation due to valvular tophi". Circulation. 67 (3): 699–701. doi:10.1161/01.CIR.67.3.699. ISSN 0009-7322.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Malviya A, Jha PK, Kalita JP, Saikia MK, Mishra A (2017). "Idiopathic dilatation of pulmonary artery: A review". Indian Heart J. 69 (1): 119–124. doi:10.1016/j.ihj.2016.07.009. PMC 5319124. PMID 28228295.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Sharma RK, Talwar D, Gupta SK, Bansal S (2016). "Idiopathic dilatation of pulmonary artery". Lung India. 33 (6): 675–677. doi:10.4103/0970-2113.192869. PMC 5112830. PMID 27891002.
  5. Segall, S.; Ritter, I. I.; Hwang, W. (1950). "A Case of Marked Dilatation of the Pulmonary Arterial Tree Associated with Mitral Stenosis". Circulation. 1 (4): 777–781. doi:10.1161/01.CIR.1.4.777. ISSN 0009-7322.
  6. Deb SJ, Zehr KJ, Shields RC (October 2005). "Idiopathic pulmonary artery aneurysm". Ann. Thorac. Surg. 80 (4): 1500–2. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.04.011. PMID 16181901.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Bigdelian H, Mardani D, Sedighi M (2015). "The Effect of Pulmonary Valve Replacement (PVR) Surgery on Hemodynamics of Patients Who Underwent Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)". J Cardiovasc Thorac Res. 7 (3): 122–5. doi:10.15171/jcvtr.2015.26. PMC 4586599. PMID 26430501.
  8. Chaturvedi RR, Redington AN (2007). "Pulmonary regurgitation in congenital heart disease". Heart. 93 (7): 880–9. doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.075234. PMC 1994453. PMID 17569817.
  9. Nishimura RA, Otto CM, Bonow RO, Carabello BA, Erwin JP, Guyton RA; et al. (2014). "2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines". J Am Coll Cardiol. 63 (22): e57–185. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2014.02.536. PMID 24603191.

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