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==Overview==
==Overview==

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Overview

Right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) and pulmonary artery obstruction correspond to 25 % of all congenital heart defects. The right ventricular outflow tract obstruction includes the stenosis or narrowing of the pulmonary valve, the tissue above the valve (supravalvar) and below it(subvalvar). Congenital subvalvar and supravalvar right ventricular outflow tract stenosis usually occurs with other cardiac defects such as Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) or Tetralogy of Fallot, and depending on those defects and the severity of the obstruction, the timing and type of surgery will vary from patient to patient.

If an RVOT obstruction is present and the ventricular septum is intact, usually the right ventricle will adapt better raising pressure effectively in the absence of shunting. This may result in sufficient pulmonary blood flow to allow the patient to stay asymptomatic longer.

Pulmonary stenosis is one of the most common RVOT obstructions. The oxygen-depleted blood is coming from the body to the heart through the superior and inferior vena cava, arriving into the right atrium, right ventricle, passing through the RVOT and pulmonary valve to the pulmonary artery and lungs to pick up oxygen. Normally the pulmonary valve has three leaflets. These leaflets can be malformed due to congenital defects, producing pulmonary valve narrowing (stenotic) or leaky (insufficient). If the pulmonary valve is tight (stenosis), the right side of the heart needs to work harder to push blood through the valve to the lungs. The stenosis, insufficiency or both can be mild to severe. Therefore the symptoms will depend upon the grades of pulmonary stenosis.

Usually therapy is directed to increase pulmonary blood flow and decompressing the right ventricle (RV) and it will depend on the severity and location of the defect. According to the anatomic features of the pulmonary valve stenosis, the physician may use balloon dilatation (a minimally invasive transvenous procedure) to dilate the obstruction during cardiac catheterization, but if the pulmonary artery is the structure involved, stenting (insertion of a small tube) within the narrowed region can be done following balloon angioplasty. Standard treatment of right ventricular outflow tract or pulmonary artery obstruction involves open chest surgery. [1]


References

  1. Surgery for congenital heart defects. J.Stark and M. de leval. Grune & Stratton.

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