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| {{Pulmonary valve stenosis}}
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| ==Etiology==
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| *Congenital pulmonic stenosis is most common.
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| *Rheumatic involvement is rare, is usually part of multivalvular involvement, rarely leads to serious deformity.
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| *Carcinoid plaques can be present in the carcinoid syndrome. These result in constriction of the pulmonic valve ring, retraction and fusion of the valve cusps.
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| ==Anatomy==
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| *Typically the valve is domed shaped with fused commissures.
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| *If the foramen ovale is patent, then right to left shunting can occur at the atrial level.
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| *If there is pulmonary atresia with an intact ventricular septum then these patients die soon after birth.
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist|2}}
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| [[Category: Cardiology]]
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