Isolated rheumatic severe tricuspid regurgitation

Anjith Vupputuri; Vikrant Vijan; Mukund A. Prabhu; Rajesh Thachathodiyl; Rajiv Chandrasekharan Nair

doi:10.1111/echo.13341

Isolated rheumatic severe tricuspid regurgitation

Anjith Vupputuri
, Vikrant Vijan^*
, Mukund A. Prabhu
, Rajesh Thachathodiyl
, Rajiv Chandrasekharan Nair

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Cardiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

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Abstract

Severe isolated tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is very rare, with most cases of TR being functional and secondary to pulmonary hypertension from left heart pathologies. We report an unusual case of a young Nigerian male, who presented to us with dyspnea, repeated hospital admissions for heart failure, and a childhood history of rheumatic fever. Echocardiogram showed massively dilated right atrium and ventricle, noncoaptation of thickened tricuspid valve with torrential free tricuspid regurgitation. Other valves were normal. Cardiac MRI showed normal right ventricular function and viability. Patient underwent tricuspid valve replacement with 35-mm St. Jude valve.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1769-1770
Number of pages	2
Journal	Echocardiography
Volume	33
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/echo.13341
Publication status	Published - 01-11-2016

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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