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Case 5/2018 – Severe Pulmonary Valve Stenosis (PVS), Relieved by a Double-balloon Catheter, in a 68-year-old Woman

Edmar Atik et al. Alessandra Costa Barreto Maria Angélica Binotto Luiz Junya Kajita

Clinical data

During a recent clinical evaluation for cholecystectomy surgery, a heart murmur was auscultated and complaint of fatigue at great efforts lasting for some months was reported by the patient. The diagnosis of severe PVS was attained, with a maximum gradient of 160 mmHg obtained at the echocardiography. The patient denied other symptoms and was unaware of the existence of this cardiopathy. She had no history of other morbidities and took vitamin D.

Physical examination: The patient was in good overall condition, eupneic, acyanotic, normal pulses in the 4 limbs. Weight: 70 kg, height: 160 cm, right upper limb blood pressure: 140/80 mmHg, heart rate: 80 bpm, oxygen saturation, 89%. Aorta not palpable in the suprasternal notch.

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  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Hypertrophy, Rigth Ventricular/physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Valve Stenosis
  • Pulmonary Valve/surgery
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01/09/2018 DOI: 10.5935/abc.20180151

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Atik E, Barreto AC, Binotto MA, Kajita LJ. Case 5/2018 – Severe Pulmonary Valve Stenosis (PVS), Relieved by a Double-balloon Catheter, in a 68-year-old Woman. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia 2018;111(3):427-9.

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Atik, Edmar; Barreto, Alessandra Costa; Binotto, Maria Angélica; Kajita, Luiz Junya. Case 5/2018 – Severe Pulmonary Valve Stenosis (PVS), Relieved by a Double-balloon Catheter, in a 68-year-old Woman. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, v. 111, n. 3, p. 427-429, Aug. 2018.

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Atik, E., Barreto, A. C., Binotto, M. A., & Kajita, L. J. (2018). Case 5/2018 – Severe Pulmonary Valve Stenosis (PVS), Relieved by a Double-balloon Catheter, in a 68-year-old Woman. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 111(3), 427-429.

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Atik, Edmar and Barreto, Alessandra Costa and Binotto, Maria Angélica and Kajita, Luiz Junya. Case 5/2018 – Severe Pulmonary Valve Stenosis (PVS), Relieved by a Double-balloon Catheter, in a 68-year-old Woman. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia [online]. 2018, vol. 111, n. 3, [cited 2026-10-14], pp. 427-429. Available from: <https://journals.cardiol.br/en/article/case-5-2018-severe-pulmonary-valve-stenosis-pvs-relieved-by-a-double-balloon-catheter-in-a-68-year-old-woman/>. ISSN 0066-782X

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