title: Congenital tricuspid insufficiency.
abstract: This is a case report of a 16-year-old male with moderate mitral disease, probably rheumatic, and with severe tricuspid insufficiency, which at surgery appeared to be a congenital malformation of the tricuspid valve (absence of the anterior leaflet). A tricuspid heterograft was successfully inserted. The symptoms of congenital tricuspid insufficiency are discussed, and this entity is differentiated from other causes of tricuspid insufficiency.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve; D010701:Phonocardiography; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications*; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000637:transplantation; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery