title: Isolated unguarded tricuspid valve: a rare cause of syncope and new-onset right cardiac failure in adult.
abstract: An unguarded tricuspid valve is a rare congenital anomaly. We describe the clinical and echocardiographic features of two young adult African patients with syncope, new-onset right cardiac failure, in whom the diagnosis of isolated unguarded tricuspid valve was established. One of the patients underwent tricuspid annuloplasty with good surgical results.
authors.forename: Humberto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morais
authors.forename: Fidel M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Cáceres-Lóriga
authors.forename: Telmo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cunha
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology*; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult