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Tricuspid Prosthesis Stenosis Associated with Endocarditis: A New M‐Mode Finding
Author(s) -
Logue Michael A.,
Perk Gila,
Kronzon Itzhak
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00636.x
Subject(s) - endocarditis , cardiology , medicine , prosthesis , tricuspid stenosis , regurgitation (circulation) , stenosis , diastole , tricuspid valve , interatrial septum , left atrium , surgery , blood pressure , atrial fibrillation
A man with endocarditis was found to have prosthetic tricuspid valve (TV) stenosis without regurgitation. The large vegetation moved into the TV prosthesis orifice in diastole. A seldom‐recognized echocardiographic finding was observed in which the interatrial septum bulged toward the left atrium in diastole.