Twelve cases of traumatic tricuspid insufficiency (only three of which already have been published), collected in the same city, are reported. This figure strongly contrasts with the limited number of cases published to date in the literature. Emphasis is placed on the difficulty of diagnosis, the utility of echocardiography and Doppler ultrasound and therapeutic problems of this lesion.

The valvular disease usually involves two conditions: valvular stenosis and valvular insufficiency. Valvular stenosis occurs when a valve opening is smaller than normal due to stiff or fused leaflets. The narrowed opening may make the heart work very hard to pump blood through it. This can lead to heart failure. All four valves can be stenotic (hardened, restricting blood flow); the conditions ...

Two adults with severe pulmonic valvular stenosis and atrial flutter are presented. This arrhythmia is apparently a rare complication of this particular form of congenital heart disease. In both cases surgical correction was achieved with the aid of total body perfusion. At the time of surgery, significant tricuspid insufficiency was discovered in both cases. Although the tricuspid valve was no...

AIM The aim of this study was to show technical principles and feasibility of transcatheter tricuspid valve repair by use of the MitraClip system. METHODS AND RESULTS Three consecutive patients were treated successfully for severe symptomatic Tricuspid regurgitation. Three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography confirmed reduction of measured effective regurgitant orifice in all patien...

BACKGROUND Right-sided endocarditis occurs predominantly in intravenous drug users, in patients with pacemaker or central venous lines and in patients with congenital heart disease. The vast majority of cases involve the tricuspid valve. Eustachian valve endocarditis is an uncommon disease with similar signs and symptoms of the tricuspid valve endocarditis. A series of only 16 cases of eustachi...

Studies of the morphometry and normal anatomy of the tricuspid valve are in constant demand. Knowledge of the morphology of the normal tricuspid valve may be useful, for example in the context of the transfer of a leaflet of the tricuspid valve for repair or insufficiency of the mitral valve, in repair of the tricuspid valve after blunt chest trauma and in other surgical techniques of this regi...

A 32-yr-old man developed progressive exertional dyspnea 4 yr after blunt chest trauma due to an automobile accident. Two-dimensional echocardiography and computed-tomographic coronary angiography demonstrated a large pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle and severe tricuspid regurgitation. The patient underwent successful surgical exclusion of the pseudoaneurysm by endoaneurysmal patch closure ...

Background: Heart valve diseases are considered a common disease in human and animals, and valve replacement is an option for treatment of valvular diseases. Objectives: In this study efficacy of a tissue engineered valve in thoracic aorta was evaluated with transthoracic echocardiography. Methods: This study was undertaken on 6 male sheep. Echocardiography was performed on all sheep 24 hours b...