title: Triscuspid annular dilatation causing severe valvular incompetence and associated with dystrophic calcification of the left ventricular myocardium.
abstract: We report on a case of severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) in a young patient with no history of chest trauma and with an anatomically normal tricuspid valve (TV) apparatus and a dilated TV annulus associated with dystrophic calcification of the left ventricular myocardium. The possibility of congenital pathology as well as the possibility of this being a limited inflammatory or restrictive myocardial disease is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Helen Joseph Hospital and Department of Cardiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mekel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000150:complications; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000473:pathology*; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*