RT Book, Section
A1 Doherty, Gerard M.
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ID 58103811
T1 Tricuspid Valve Disease
T2 Quick Answers Surgery
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58103811
RD 2024/04/19
AB •  Tricuspid  valve  (TV)  has  3  leaflets:1.  Anterior2.  Posterior3.  Septal•  Anterior  commonly  largest,  posterior  smallest•  Papillary  muscles  often  multiple,  grouped  into  3  (anterior,  inferior,  septal)  and  contribute  chordae  to  multiple  leaflets•  Functional  tricuspid  disease:-Secondary  to  RV  dilation  causing  enlargement  of  free-wall  tricuspid  annulus-Reflects  RV  failure  and  further  worsens  RV  failure•  Organic  regurgitation:  Infective  endocarditis•  Tricuspid  stenosis  (TS):  Rheumatic  usually  (significant  in  5%  of  patients)•  Carcinoid  involvement  of  tricuspid  valve:  Deposits  on  leaflets•  RA  myxomas  rarely  cause  obstruction  of  tricuspid  orifice•  TS  and  tricuspid  regurgitation  (TR):  RA  hypertension,  systemic  venous  engorgement,  hepatic  congestion,  edema•  Can  lead  to  hepatic  failure,  cardiac  cirrhosis,  anasarca,  and  renal  failure