[Echocardiographic diagnosis of 4 cases of tricuspid valve endocarditis].
Four tricuspid endocarditis cases are reported. Echocardiography found, four times, large vegetations on the tricuspid leaflets leading to the diagnosis. The degree of tricuspid insuffisancy was appreciated by the RV/LV ratio. Successive echos have permitted to survey the evolution and specially to establish a clear decrease of abnormal tricuspid echoes succeeding to pulmonary embolisms. In the four cases, surgery confirmed the diagnosis.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
Diagnostic échocardiographique des endocarditis tricuspidiennes. A propos de 4 cas.