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  • Title: [A report of two cases of absent pulmonary valve syndrome].
    Author: Kanno M, Koh Y, Honda M, Honda K.
    Journal: Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi; 1989 Jan; 37(1):180-5. PubMed ID: 2732544.
    Abstract:
    Two infants, aged 8 and 18 months, with absent pulmonary valve syndrome unaccompanied by severe pulmonary symptoms or roentgenographic evidence of emphysema underwent a corrective operation consisting of infundibular muscle resection, patch closure for ventricular septal defect (perimembranous outlet type), and right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction with a monocusp patch. The patients tolerated pulmonary regurgitation relatively well, although aneurysmal dilatation of the pulmonary arteries was present preoperatively. Since the postoperative course was uneventful, we think that, in milder cases of this syndrome, a pulmonary valve prosthesis, the insertion of which is advocated by some authors, is not essential, and that right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction with a monocusp patch may suffice in selected cases.
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