The outlook for people with pulmonary atresia, a congenital heart defect that blocks blood flow to the lungs, has significantly improved with recent medical advancements. Pulmonary atresia presents a ...

The term ‘pulmonary’ refers to the lungs and ‘atresia’ means missing, so pulmonary atresia is a congenital heart defect in which the pulmonary valve of the infant is missing. The pulmonary valve ...

This communication reports 4 cases of pulmonary-valve atresia with intact ventricular septum and hypoplastic right ventricle in which angiography demonstrated large diverticula and sinusoids that ...

Pulmonary atresia is a congential condition (a condition present at birth) that affects a newborn’s heart. It limits blood flow from the heart to the lungs. A baby with this condition may need surgery ...