RT Book, Section
A1 Kiefer, Todd
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
A2 McQuaid, Kenneth R.
A2 Gandhi, Monica
SR Print(0)
ID 1206531529
T1 Tricuspid Stenosis
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2024
YR 2024
FD 2024
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781265556037
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1206531529
RD 2025/03/18
AB ESSENTIALS  OF  DIAGNOSISFemale  predominance.History  of  rheumatic  heart  disease  most  likely.  Carcinoid  disease  and  prosthetic  valve  degeneration  are  the  most  common  etiologies  in  the  United  States.Elevated  JVP  with  prominent  a  wave.Right  HF  after  tricuspid  surgery  or  in  rheumatic  disease  or  carcinoid  syndrome.Echocardiography/Doppler  is  diagnostic;  mean  valve  gradient  greater  than  5  mm  Hg  or  tricuspid  valve  area  less  than  1.0  cm2  indicates  severe  tricuspid  stenosis.