CONGENITAL DUPLICATION OF THE TRICUSPID-VALVE PRESENTING AS A CIRCUMSCRIBED OBSTRUCTIVE MASS IN THE RIGHT-VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT

Authors
BISOGNANO JD MERRICK DT POPYLISEN SL HOFFMAN MS WEINBERGER HD
Citation
Jd. Bisognano et al., CONGENITAL DUPLICATION OF THE TRICUSPID-VALVE PRESENTING AS A CIRCUMSCRIBED OBSTRUCTIVE MASS IN THE RIGHT-VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT, Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 11(5), 1998, pp. 480-482
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography → ACNP
ISSN journal
08947317
Volume
11
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
480 - 482
Database
ISI
SICI code
0894-7317(1998)11:5<480:CDOTTP>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Congenital duplication of the tricuspid valve is a rare condition. We present a case of a 32-year-old man with an increase in intensity of a long-standing heart murmur and intermittent palpitations. The murmur was evaluated by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography th at identified a mass in the right ventricle and right ventricular outf low tract resulting in partial obstruction of the right ventricular ou tflow tract. This mass was determined to be congenital duplication of the tricuspid valve by histologic examination after surgical excision.