Thank you for your Letter to the Editor [1] regarding our report ‘Tricuspid valve repair in a case with congenital absence of left thoracic pericardium’. We appreciate your comments and agree that congenital elements in partial and complete absence of pericardum must be considered. Associated anomalies including mitral stenosis, atrial septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus and tetralogy of Fa...

quadricuspid aortic valve (qav) is an uncommon congenital anomaly which was an incidental finding during surgery or autopsy in the past. we present the case of a 44-year-old woman with moderately severe aortic regurgitation due to unequal cusp size qav diagnosed via transesophageal echocardiography. due to echocardiographic imaging improvement, the diagnosis of qav is now easier and earlier tha...

Ebstein's anomaly is characterized by a downward displacement of the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle due to anomalous attachment of the tricuspid leaflets. An 8 -yr-old male meerkat (Suricata suricatta) was presented with sudden lethargy. Thoracic radiograph was consistent with congestive heart failure. An echocardiography revealed an Ebstein's anomaly. The animal was treated with imid...

T H E T R I C U S P I D V A L V E ( T V ) I S A C O M P L E X S T R U C T U R E . Unlike mitral and aortic valves, simultaneous visualization of the 3 TV leaflets cannot be achieved with 2-dimensional echocardiography (2DE) due to valve orientation with reference to the imaging planes. No 2D echo plane is parallel to the tricuspid valve. Therefore, there is no short-axis view for the tricuspid ...

BACKGROUND Two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography are standard methods to assess the severity of pulmonic insufficiency (PI). However, methods to define severity of PI - including the current published guidelines - remain qualitative and unvalidated. METHODS We reviewed all the electronic reports of echocardiographic studies performed at our institution since the publication of the 2003...

Pulsed Doppler echocardiography was used to determine prospectively the prevalence of mitral, aortic, tricuspid and pulmonary regurgitation in 80 consecutive patients with mitral valve prolapse and 85 normal subjects with similar age and sex distribution. Mitral valve prolapse was defined by posterior systolic displacement of the mitral valve on M-mode echocardiography of 3 mm or more (40 patie...

Introduction: It is well-documented that right-sided heart dysfunction and significant tricuspid valve regurgitation (TVR) have adverse effects on patient outcomes after left-sided heart valve surgery. Therefore, the evaluation of right ventriclular (RV) function and TR severity in patients who had undergone mitral valve replacement (MVR), associated with/without concomitant su...

We describe a 73 year-old patient with mitral valve pericardial bioprosthesis Carpentier-Edwards 29M implanted due to the rheumatic mitral stenosis 21 years ago. Hemodynamic destabilisation had emerged 18 months before the admission. Echocardiography revealed significant bioprosthesis degeneration with calcification of its leaflets, small pannus on the bioprosthetic ring, moderate mitral stenos...

Tricuspid valve lesions caused by penetrating chest trauma are rare and often underdiagnosed. The objective of this report is to describe a case of severe tricuspid insufficiency secondary to a knifing incident with an insidious evolution, diagnosed 19 years after the incident. The case emphasizes the importance of adequate follow-up of patients that are victims of penetrating chest trauma for ...

a 32-year-old female patient with previous bentall operation and mitral valve repair surgery due to severe aortic insufficiency, mitral valve insufficiency, and ascending aortic aneurysm was admitted to our hospital with serious dyspnea, fatigue, and mild chest pain. two-dimensional echocardiography demonstrated a markedly dilated basal aorta and cardiac chambers. thoracic computed tomography s...