Tricuspid valve dysplasia with regurgitation

Fabrice Cuillier, MD

Department of Gynecology, Felix Guyon Hospital, 97400 Saint- Denis, Ile de la Reunion, France; tel: 0262 90 55 22; fax : 0262 90 77 30.

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Images 3,4: Images of the dysplastic tricuspid valve, note the dilated right atrium.

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Images 5-8: Doppler flow through the tricuspid valve showing the regurgitation from the right ventricle to the right atrium.

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Images 9,10: Image 9 shows main pulmonary artery (AP) with it's branches, it measures 3.8 mm in diameter (aorta: 5.8 mm). Image 10 shows blood flow through the aorta and pulmonary artery. Direction of the flow through the pulmonary artery is different than via aorta, reverse flow in the pulmonary artery. 

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Images 11,12: Doppler of the flow at the level of the pulmonary valve.

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Videos 1,2
: Videos showing dysplastic tricuspid valve with dilation of the right atrium.


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