Cardiac Stenosis Symptoms

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Health Encyclopedia: Pulmonary Valve Stenosis

Alternative Names

Valvular pulmonary stenosis; Heart valve pulmonary stenosis; Pulmonary stenosis; Stenosis - pulmonary valve; Balloon valvuloplasty - pulmonary


Symptoms
  • Abdominal distention
  • Bluish coloration to the skin (cyanosis) in some patients
  • Chest pain
  • Fainting
  • Fatigue
  • Poor weight gain or failure to thrive in infants with severe blockage
  • Shortness of breath
  • Sudden death

Note: Patients with mild to...

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