A case of congenital tricuspid valve abnormality showing six leaflets.
A-59-year old woman died from heart failure associated with tricuspid regurgitation and pulmonary hypertension. Necropsy revealed that her tricuspid valve was composed of six leaflets. We found no previous report of this type of tricuspid valve abnormality.
Ikegaya
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Third Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan.
Kurata
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C
Hayashi
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H
Kobayashi
A
A
Muro
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H
Yamazaki
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N
D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*