Case report of congenital tricuspid insufficiency

This is a report of a 16 years old male with moderate mitral disease, probably rheumatic, and with severe tricuspid insufficiency which at surgery appeared to be a congenital malformation of the tricuspid valve (absence of the anterior leaflet). A tricuspid heterograft was successfully inserted. The symptoms of congenital tricuspid insufficiency are discussed and this affection is differentiated from other causes of tricuspid insufficiency.