title: Tricuspid valve disease. Clinical evaluation, physiopathology, and management.
abstract: The tricuspid and mitral valves are homologous whose function depends on coordination among components. Isolated tricuspid valve abnormalities are relatively uncommon. Rheumatic disease, chemicals, immunologic and degenerative disorders alter leaflet anatomy and may result in either stenosis, insufficiency or a combination. More often, tricuspid disorders present as a component of congenital syndromes or secondary to pulmonary vascular or let heart disease which alter geometry and function of nonleaflet components.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Non-Invasive Laboratory, VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Blaustein
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramanathan
mesh_terms: D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging