Chest ACCP Career Connection
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Guest Access | Sign In via User Name/Password
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF) Free
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Article Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Rodriguez, G. R.
Right arrow Articles by Lehan, P. H.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Rodriguez, G. R.
Right arrow Articles by Lehan, P. H.
(Chest. 1971;59:160-164.)
© 1971 American College of Chest Physicians

Calcification of the Pulmonary Valve

Gaston R. Rodriguez M.D.1; Kenneth R. Bennett M.D.2; and Patrick H. Lehan M.D.3

1 Instructor in Medicine
2 Assistant Professor of Medicine
3 Professor of Medicine

Calcification of the pulmonary valve visible with routine roentgenographic methods is unusual. At the present time 16 cases have been cited in the literature. Experience with an additional two cases is presented with a review of the previously cited cases. Moderate to severe congenital pulmonary stenosis has been present in all but one instance. Associated defects, especially ventricular septal defect, are common. Recognition is a major problem due to confusion with other lesions, especially calcific aortic stenosis. Longstanding elevation of right ventricular pressure appears essential for the deposition of calcium. The role of aging and healed bacterial endocarditis in the etiology is uncertain.






HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1971 by the American College of Chest Physicians.