Subxiphoid two-dimensional echocardiographic detection of tricuspid valve prolapse.
A patient with click and late systolic murmur syndrome originating in the right side of the heart is described. Prolapse of the anterior tricuspid leaflet was demonstrated by subxiphoid two-dimensional echocardiography alone. Neither of the mitral leaflets showed any evidence of prolapse on the echocardiogram. The prolapsed anterior tricuspid leaflet and mild regurgitation were confirmed by right heart cineangiogram.
D002932:Cineangiography; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006326:Heart Auscultation; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D006337:Heart Murmurs; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D010701:Phonocardiography; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014672:Vectorcardiography