Uncorrected functional tricuspid regurgitation can lead to long-term morbidity and mortality. To evaluate our results using autologous pericardium annuloplasty to treat tricuspid regurgitation, we retrospectively reviewed 59 consecutive adult patients aged 19 years to 83 years (58.7 +/- 15.5 years) who underwent tricuspid valve annuloplasty between 2000 and 2003. Concomitant procedures consiste...

Traumatic tricuspid regurgitation is a rare complication of blunt chest trauma. With the increase in the number of automobile accidents, traumatic tricuspid regurgitation has become an important problem after blunt chest trauma. It has been reported more frequently because of better diagnostic procedures and a better understanding of the pathology. The early diagnosis of traumatic tricuspid reg...

Pulsed Doppler echocardiography (PDE) was performed in 10 patients with Ebstein's anomaly and 10 cases of tricuspid regurgitation secondary to mitral stenosis. Distal atrialized right ventricle (ATRV): In all patients with Ebstein's anomaly, tricuspid regurgitation flow was recognized by PDE. In this lesion with moderate tricuspid regurgitation, a widely dispersed dot pattern was recorded durin...

A 14 year old girl presented with severe tricuspid regurgitation after she was diagnosed with "transient tricuspid regurgitation of the newborn". In the neonatal period she had presented with severe tricuspid regurgitation without an obvious underlying anatomical cause. This spontaneously regressed during the first months of life. She was dismissed from follow up at the age of 5 years after com...

DMBlackstone EH. Tricuspid valve repair: durability and risk factors for failure. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;127:674–85. [13] Chumnanvej S, Wood MJ, MacGillivray TE, Vidal Melo MF. Effect of tricuspid annuloplasty on postoperative tricuspid regurgitation following left ventricular assist device implantation. Anesth Analg 2006; 102:SCA54. [14] Scalia GM, McCarthy PM, Savage RM, Smedira NG, Th...

OBJECTIVE To analyse patient data to elucidate the apparent association between an abnormal karyotype and tricuspid regurgitation found during fetal echocardiography at early gestations. SETTING Tertiary referral centre for fetal medicine and cardiology. METHODS Fetuses between 11 and 14 weeks' gestation were selected for detailed echocardiography. Referral reasons were increased nuchal tra...

Sack S, Hauptmann KE, Richardt G, Figulla HR, Senges J, on behalf of the German Transcatheter Aortic Valve Interventions—Registry Investigators. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation: first results from a multi-centre real-world registry. Eur Heart J 2011;32:198–204. 3. Khambadkone S, Coats L, Taylor A, Boudjemline Y, Derrick G, Tsang V, Cooper J, Muthurangu V, Hegde SR, Razavi RS, Pellerin D...

as pre-existing abnormalities, such as tricuspid valve annular dilatation or pulmonary hypertension, may be present. The mechanism of tricuspid regugirtation plays an important role in the choice of treatment. If tricuspid regurgitation caused by the endocardial lead is managed by surgery, medical treatment is needed for other reasons. Defining the precise anatomical relationship between the tr...

Severe and permanent tricuspid regurgitation induced by pacemaker leads is rarely reported in the literature. The mechanism of pacemaker-induced tricuspid regurgitation has been identified, but its management has not been well established. Furthermore, debate still exists regarding the proper surgical approach. We present the case of a patient with severe tricuspid regurgitation induced by a pa...