Isolated PS occurs with a frequency of 9% of all congenital cardiac abnormalities and, combined with other cardiac abnormalities, with a frequency of nearly 21%.
All forms lead to a hindrance of blood flow ejection from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery. Depending on how big the stenosis is, a pressure stress and a compensatory hypertrophy of the right ventricle develop.
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Constrictions in the region of the right ventricular outflow or of pulmonary arteries can occur at various levels.
An overview, according to the clinical pictures, of the diagnostic possibilities as well as the therapy.
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