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Insight into functional tricuspid valve regurgitation pathogenesis, pathological stages, and surgical management
Anas Sarraj-Asil1, Pablo Diez-Villanueva2
1Department of cardiovascular surgery, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa. Madrid, Spain.
Abstract:
The tricuspid valve has generally been ignored, and considered as a "second class structure" in cardiac valve surgery. Tricuspid valve regurgitation is considered "functional" in over 70% of cases, generally produced by pulmonary hypertension secondary to left heart diseases in the context of an anatomically normal tricuspid valve apparatus. Many questions and doubts persist regarding to the pathogenesis of so-called functional tricuspid valve regurgitation. This article reviews the interfering factors in the function of the tricuspid valve to better identify the entity of the term "functional" and clarify its different pathological stages including the surgical procedures recommended in each stage.
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