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Zeynep Kamil Med J. 2015; 46(1): 19-21
2Zeynep Kamil Gynecology and Child Diseases Educ. and Research Hospital. Pediatric Cardiology Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey.
Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome: Case Series
Oya Demirci1, Taner Yavuz2, Emre Erdoğdu1, Resul Arısoy1, Pınar Kumru1, Oya Pekin1, Bülent Tandoğan11Zeynep Kamil Gynecology and Child Diseases Educ. and Research Hospital, Perinatal Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey.2Zeynep Kamil Gynecology and Child Diseases Educ. and Research Hospital. Pediatric Cardiology Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey.
Absent pulmonary valve syndrome (APVS) is a variant of Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). It shares the features of the classical form of TOF with
the addition of incompetent or absent pulmonary valve. It is associated with severe dilatation of the main and branch pulmonary arteries because of concurrent severe pulmonary stenosis and regurgitation
Keywords: absent pulmonary valve syndrome, tetralogy of Fallot, chromosome abnormality, 22q 11 micro deletion, prenatal diagnosis, fetal outcomes.
Corresponding Author: Oya Demirci, Türkiye
Manuscript Language: English
Manuscript Language: English
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