Rudimentary dysplastic valvar tissue guarding the tricuspid orifice with dilatation of the right ventricle and a patent outflow tract.
Tricuspid regurgitation due to rudimentary and dysplastic tricuspid valvar tissue associated with a patent right ventricular outflow tract is described in a 10-year-old child presenting with cyanosis since birth. The diagnosis was confirmed by cross-sectional echocardiography, angiocardiography and subsequently by histopathological data. We discuss the differentiation of these findings from Uhl's anomaly and from the congenitally unguarded tricuspid orifice.
Mohan
J C
JC
Department of Cardiology, G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Tatke
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M
Arora
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D002648:Child; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000209:etiology; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000002:abnormalities*