Open AccessPathology of tricuspid valve stenosis and pure tricuspid regurgitation—Part II
Author(s) -
Waller Bruce E.,
Howard Jane,
Fess Stephen
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960180312
Subject(s) - regurgitation (circulation) , medicine , tricuspid stenosis , tricuspid valve , cardiology , stenosis , endocarditis , infective endocarditis
Abstract This three‐part article examines the histologic and morphologic basis for stenotic and purely regurgitant tricuspid valves. In Part I, conditions producing tricuspid valve stenosis were reviewed. In Part II, conditions producing pure tricuspid regurgitation are discussed. In contrast to the relatively few causes of tricuspid stenosis, the causes of pure (no element of stenosis) tricuspid regurgitation are multiple. Some of the conditions producing pure regurgitation include floppy tricuspid valves, infective endocarditis, papillary muscle dysfunction, rheumatic disease, and Ebstein's anomaly.