He had a scheduled procedure to replace a
pulmonic valve on Thursday, March 29, 2018, according to Schwarzenegger's spokesman.
His spokesperson, Daniel Ketchell, said on Twitter that on Thursday, Schwarzenegger "underwent a planned procedure to replace a
pulmonic valve that was originally replaced due to a congenital heart defect in 1997."
The
pulmonic valve originally was installed in 1997 for a congenital heart defect and had to be replaced.
Patients can have a highly variable clinical course related to the anatomic abnormalities of Ebstein anomaly and their hemodynamic effects or associated structural and conduction system disease, like Atrial septal defect (ASD) (90%), pulmonary hypertension, ventricular and supraventricular tachycardia, ventricular septal defect, tricuspid atresia (30%),
pulmonic stenosis and Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW Syndrome) (up to 20% of patients) (5).
The 70-year-old former California governor had a scheduled procedure to replace a
pulmonic valve on Thursday, according to Schwarzenegger's spokesman, Daniel Ketchell.
Their evaluation was based on a novel case of
pulmonic EHE that tested negative for the CAMTA1-WWTR1 fusion but was strongly positive for transcription factor E3 (TFE3) expression by IHC.
According to ASE guidelines for the assessment of right heart [15], in the absence of a gradient across the
pulmonic valve or right ventricular outflow tract, PASP is equal to right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP).
A right heart catheterization revealed normal filling pressures, normal cardiac output and ratio of
pulmonic to systemic flow (Qp:Qs) 1.7.
Yang et al., "Differential
pulmonic NK and NKT cell responses in Schistosoma japonicum-infected mice," Parasitology Research, vol.
Her physical examination was unremarkable, except for a systolic heart murmur, heard best over the aortic,
pulmonic, and mitral area with radiation into the neck.
Movahed, "Asymptomatic pediatric
pulmonic valve myxoma involving the right ventricular outflow tract: a case report and review of the literature," Journal of Heart Valve Disease, vol.