Physiological tricuspid regurgitation is seen in up to 70 % of patients with normal tricuspid valve morphology. Pathological tricuspid regurgitation can occur due to a number of causes, a few common ones are listed –
Right heart pathology
Valvular pathology
Right heart pathology
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Cor pulmonale
- Ischemic heart disease
- Pacing lead
- Cardiomyopathy
- ASD/VSD – causes RV volume overload
Valvular pathology
- Infective endocarditis
- Rheumatic heart disease
- Mitral stenosis – causing pulmonary hypertension
- Ebstein anomaly
- Carcinoid syndrome
- Pathology of subvalvular apparatus
- Rupture of chordae tendinae
- Papillary muscle dysfunction
- Connective tissue disease / Rheumatoid arthritis
No comments:
Post a Comment