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A case of unguarded tricuspid valve orifice diagnosed accidentally in an adult
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A case of unguarded tricuspid valve orifice diagnosed accidentally in an adult

Mahmoud Hassan Abdelnabi, Hoda Shehata, Yehia Saleh, Mohamed Elgowelly and Abdallah Almaghraby
Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.), Vol.36(3), pp.615-617
03/2019
DOI: 10.1111/echo.14273
PMID: 30738004

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Abstract

Unguarded tricuspid orifice is the most extreme of tricuspid valve dysplasia with a very variable natural history. They can tolerate tricuspid regurgitation well, and they become symptomatic only if significant right ventricular dysfunction or atrial fibrillation occurs. Patients with a mild degree of right ventricular dysfunction can survive to adulthood and even reach old age. Surgical treatment is a difficult option due to variable natural history, and surgical results are not too encouraging.
Adult Anticoagulants - therapeutic use Diuretics - therapeutic use Echocardiography Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional Humans Incidental Findings Male Tricuspid Valve - abnormalities Tricuspid Valve - diagnostic imaging

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