Zeynep Kamil Med J. 2015; 46(1): 19-21

Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome: Case Series

Oya Demirci¹, Taner Yavuz², Emre Erdoðdu¹, Resul Arýsoy¹, Pýnar Kumru¹, Oya Pekin¹, Bülent Tandoðan^1
1Zeynep 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.

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