Myxomas are the most frequent benign primary cardiac tumours (50% of benign heart tumours). This kind of tumour is most likely to be localized in the left atrium, followed by the right atrium, right ventricle and left ventricle. Quite exceptional is the presence of a myxoma originating from the tricuspid valve or from the Eustachian valve. We describe the case of a woman with moderate dyspnoea ...

In quadrupeds, the three-dimensional orientation of the heart with respect to the thorax is fundamentally different from that in humans. In this study, we assessed the best surgical approach to the tricuspid valve in sheep. Firstly, different surgical access sites to the tricuspid valve were tested in sheep cadavers, the anatomy was analyzed, and the optimal surgical approach to the tricuspid v...

infective endocarditis is a serious complication of intravenous (iv) drug abuse, with a reported mortality of 5 to 10%. a 21-year-old man, who was an intravenous drug abuser, presented with fever and dyspnea. transthoracic echocardiography showed a highly mobile, large vegetation on the anterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve. despite antibiotic therapy for ten days, the patient remained febril...

BACKGROUND Development of tricuspid regurgitation after orthotopic heart transplantation can cause heart failure along with renal and hepatic impairment and portends a poor prognosis. If tricuspid regurgitation causes significant symptoms, tricuspid valve repair or replacement is often required. This study was designed to study the effects of prophylactic tricuspid valve annuloplasty (TVA) duri...

A parachute deformity of the tricuspid valve occurred in a heart with atrioventricular concordance, double outlet right ventricle, and straddling mitral valve. Although to the best of our knowledge parachute deformity of the tricuspid valve has not previously been reported, in this case its presence was insignificant in relation to the other lesions.

Severe tricuspid valve insufficiency causes right atrial dilatation, venous congestion, and reduced atrial contractility, and may eventually lead to right heart failure. We report a case of a patient with severe tricuspid valve insufficiency, right heart failure, and a massively dilated right atrium. The enormously dilated atrium compressed the right lung, resulting in a radiographic appearance...

We used contrast echocardiography to estimate changes in flow velocity at the tricuspid and pulmonic valve orifices, as reflected by varying angles of the moving linear contrast echoes. The validity of the method was established by catheterization and echocardiographic studies in 14 patients. Flow velocity at the tricuspid and pulmonic valve orifices was measured by means of an electromagnetic ...

Objectives: We have reviewed 260 patients who underwent initial tricuspid valve surgery for functional tricuspid valve regurgitation (TR) and analyzed independent predictors for early and late unfavorable results. Materials and methods: Between 1981 and 1998, 260 tricuspid valve operations were performed for functional TR. There were 94 males and 166 females with a mean age of 55 years. The tri...

Clinical, angiographic and pathologic features are described in a 36-hour-old male infant with mixed (discordant) levocardia, aortic valve atresia, absent tricuspid (left atrioventricular) valve and resultant massive cardiomegaly. This is the first reported case of this type of complex in a heart with discordant chambers. A possible embryologic explanation is offered for the concomitant presenc...

The clinical diagnosis of the presence and severity of tricuspid insufficiency is difficult and is complicated by the transient nature of this abnormality as well as its usual occurrence in subjects with other valve disease. This paper presents correlative hemodynamic data from 100 consecutive catheterized patients with valvular heart disease in 90 of whom the presence of tricuspid insufficienc...