Outcomes 60 years after surgical valvotomy for isolated congenital pulmonary valve stenosis

J Card Surg. 2021 Apr;36(4):1531-1533. doi: 10.1111/jocs.15276. Epub 2021 Feb 1.

Abstract

Congenital pulmonary valve stenosis (PVS) is a common congenital heart defect. In the infancy of cardiac surgery, open surgical valvotomy or closed surgical transventricular pulmonary valvotomy (Brock procedure) were the mainstays of therapy. We report the longest-known published follow-up of two women who as young children underwent pulmonary valvotomy for PVS and subsequent uncomplicated open pulmonary valve replacement over 60 years later.

Keywords: Brock procedure; adult congenital; congenital heart disease; isolated pulmonary valve stenosis; percutaneous pulmonary valve; surgical history; valve repair/replacement.

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Defects, Congenital* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Pulmonary Valve Stenosis* / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Valve Stenosis* / surgery
  • Pulmonary Valve* / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Valve* / surgery