TRICUSPID REGURGITATION
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AETIOLOGY - (common valve disease) the most frequent "functional" (dilatation of the tricuspid annulus related to right ventricular dilatation, e.g. following pulmonary hypertension or cor pulmonale); rheumatic disease, tricuspid valve prolapse, Ebstein,s anomaly, carcinois syndrome, intracardiac tumors, infective endocarditis
SYMPTOMS - nonspecific, relate to reduced forward flow and venous congestion (tiredness, oedema, hepatic enlargement); functional TR may regress after associated lesions are corrected and pulmonary hypertension resolves
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