Myxomatous Tricuspid Valve
Journal Title: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
We present a 25 year old boy presenting to Cardiology OPD for routine clinical evaluation before joining as staff nurse in AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, ECG showing non specific ST-T changes across inferoanterior chest leads, Echo revealed abnormally long myxomatous mitral and tricuspid valve without significant valvular regurgitation. Although myxomatous mitral valve is not to uncommon to encounter in young, myxomatous tricuspid valve is a rare entity to be encountered with.
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Debasish Das
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