We have had the opportunity of studying 17 patients and wish to add our findings to the scant literature on this benign cardiac malformation. We emphasize the fact that this anomaly is more common ...

CONGENITAL mitral stenosis, sufficiently severe to cause recurrent heart failure and syncopal episodes in infancy, is rarely compatible with life beyond two years of age. 1 Except for 1 reported case ...

Congenital: Mitral valve stenosis is sometimes seen in babies born with deformities in the mitral valve structure or subvalvular apparatus. Some of the pathological conditions are Double orifice ...

Pulmonary Circulation, Vol. 5, No. 1 (March 2015), pp. 204-210 (7 pages) AbstractPeripheral pulmonary artery stenosis (PPAS) is an underrecognized condition in the adult population. PPAS can lead to ...

WATERTOWN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--480 Biomedical, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded Phase II funding from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to continue the development ...

Pulmonary vein stenosis (narrowing) may be congenital or may be acquired after surgery to correct other congenital cardiac anomalies. It is rare and often associated with other cardiac abnormalities.

Pediatric cardiology, as a discipline, arose from early descriptive studies of congenital cardiac defects. The development of the stethoscope allowed some clinical diagnoses to be made during life.

Patients with congenital heart diseases often suffer from obstructions in the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT), which carries blood from the heart to the lungs. These obstructions can be ...