Transesophageal Echocardiography Identification and Validation of Individual Tricuspid Valve Leaflets

Abstract

Keywords:

transesophageal echocardiography; tricuspid valve; Ebstein's anomaly; tricuspid valve fibroelastoma; endocarditis; tricuspid valve tumor; right ventricle papillary muscle rupture

The present study demonstrates the usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography in the identification of individual leaflets of the tricuspid valve. Validation was obtained by selecting patients with specific lesions involving individual tricuspid leaflets and correlating the transesophageal echocardiographic findings with surgery.