Reversible tricuspid stenosis. Demonstration with two-dimensional echocardiography and continuous-wave Doppler.
We report a case of pseudo-tricuspid stenosis as a result of extrinsic compression of the tricuspid valve by a large right-sided pericardial effusion. Two-dimensional echocardiography and continuous-wave Doppler enabled accurate noninvasive diagnosis and hemodynamic assessment.
Baruchin
M A
MA
Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY 10003.
Hecht
S R
SR
Berger
M
M
D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014264:Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology