A 65-year-old woman with a history of diabetes and a prior diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was admitted to the Department of Cardiology for palpitations. Cardiac examination revealed a 3/6 holosystolic murmur over the left parasternal area. Echocardiography showed that the aorta extended from the morphological systemic ventricle (RV), which was identified by the three-leaflet tricuspid...

In a patient with severe tricuspid regurgitation and mild pulmonary stenosis due to carcinoid heart disease cross sectional echocardiography showed nodular thickening and coaptation of the tricuspid leaflets at the beginning of systole. The leaflets were, however, seen to be increasingly pulled apart as right ventricular systole proceeded. This finding, which is probably due to traction on the ...

Amyloid deposits in the heart are not exceptional in systemic amyloidosis. The clinical manifestations of cardiac amyloidosis may include restrictive cardiomyopathy, characterized by progressive diastolic and eventually systolic bi-ventricular dysfunction; arrhythmia; and conduction defects. To the best of our knowledge, no previous cases of isolated tricuspid regurgitation as the initial manif...

After undergoing initial reconstructive surgery for hypoplastic left heart syndrome performed between August 1985 and March 1989, 59 patients (age range 3 to 27 months, mean 13.8 +/- 4.5) underwent elective cardiac catheterization in anticipation of a modified Fontan procedure. Five important hemodynamic and anatomic features considered to be components of successful reconstructive surgery were...

Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) has been associated with worse outcomes after transcatheter edge-to-edge repair of the mitral valve (TEER). There are limited data about impact TR on health status TEER. Health was assessed Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire-overall summary score (KCCQ-OS) in patients enrolled STS/ACC TVT Registry who received isolated TEER between Jan 2019-Jun 2021. Multivari...

A 45-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital with shortness of breath and swelling in the leg. Ten months prior to the admission she had undergone mitral valve replacement (31 St. Jude bioprosthesis) and tricuspid valve annuloplasty (33 Medtronic ring) because of carcinoid heart disease. All infective parameters were within the normal limits and no fever was detected. A two-dimensi...

To determine the value of transesophageal ultrasound in the assessment of cardiac valve prostheses, 14 patients with clinically suspected mitral prosthesis malfunction were studied by transthoracic and transesophageal two-dimensional imaging as well as by color Doppler flow velocity mapping (color Doppler). Patients underwent left ventricular angiography (n = 13), surgery (n =11), or both angio...

This case report is about anaesthetic management of a 21 yr old female patient(pt) who was a known case of pulmonary stenosis and tricuspid regurgitation posted for open cholecystectomy. The patient had congenital pulmonary stenosis, which was operated at the age of 10 yrs. But the patient developed restenosis and tricuspid regurgitation later on. This case was managed successfully with general...