The pulmonary valve is located between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery. The valve acts as a doorway that lets blood into and out of the heart. Pulmonary valve stenosis is when the ...

The patient was a 660 g African-American male born at 26 weeks' gestation via urgent caesarian section for preterm labor and breech presentation. The mother was a 33-year-old gravida 4 para 2 woman.

THE Graham-Steell murmur was originally described in 1888. ¶ Since that time little factual information has been accumulated concerning this bruit. A search of the American literature during the past ...

Background/aims: Critical congenital cardiovascular malformations (CCVMs) have been defined as lesions likely requiring surgical correction during the first month of life. CCVMs are relatively common, ...

Reviewed were the records of 81 patients under supervision in the same cardiac clinic since childhood, including 35 who died during the period of observation. Most of the patients were examined and ...

Diagnosis: Rheumatic valvular disease with severe mitral stenosis, moderate mitral regurgitation, moderate aortic regurgitation, moderate aortic stenosis, severe tricuspid regurgitation, and mild ...

Graphical diagnostics: Signals from a normal aortic valve (left) show two separated sounds while those from a defective aortic valve (right) display diamond-shaped murmurs. The sound data were used to ...

SINGAPORE - It has been more than a month since their fourth son was born, but Mr Jamie Koit and Madam Bella Luong have had only one chance to hold baby Leon so far – when he was delivered on Dec 8. A ...