Tricuspid Valve Stenosis

The pathologic narrowing of the orifice of the TRICUSPID VALVE. This hinders the emptying of RIGHT ATRIUM leading to elevated right atrial pressure and systemic venous congestion. Tricuspid valve stenosis is almost always due to RHEUMATIC FEVER.

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Networked: 21 relevant articles (1 outcomes, 0 trials/studies)

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Disease Context: Research Results

Related Diseases

1.	Neoplasms (Cancer)
2.	Pulmonary Atresia (Pulmonary Valve Atresia)
3.	Heart Failure
4.	Ebstein Anomaly (Ebsteins Anomaly)
5.	Dextrocardia

Experts

1.	Rana, Gaurav: 1 article (03/2015)
2.	Shih, Jeffrey: 1 article (03/2015)
3.	Kakouros, Nikolaos: 1 article (03/2015)
4.	Nooten, Guido Van: 1 article (01/2015)
5.	Eynden, Frédéric Vanden: 1 article (01/2015)
6.	Oumeiri, Bachar El: 1 article (01/2015)
7.	Budts, Werner: 1 article (12/2014)
8.	De Meester, Pieter: 1 article (12/2014)
9.	Gewillig, Marc: 1 article (12/2014)
10.	Iakovou, Ioannis: 1 article (03/2014)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Tricuspid Valve Stenosis:

1.	Phenobarbital (Luminal)FDA Link 06/01/2010 - "Luminal vena cava superior and right atrial obstruction associated with severe tricuspid valve stenosis due to endocardial pacemaker leads: an extremely rare complication of permanent pacemakers."
2.	Pulmonary venous return anomalyIBA 11/01/2004 - "Whites had significantly higher rates than one or more of the other racial/ethnic groups for Ebstein's anomaly and coarctation of aorta, and significantly lower rates for tetralogy of Fallot, atrial septal defect, pulmonary valve atresia/stenosis, tricuspid valve atresia/stenosis, and anomalous pulmonary venous return. "
3.	Complete atrioventricular septal defectIBA 04/01/2009 - "Among them, 9 were univentricular and pulmonary artery valve stenosis; 3 were univentricular and pulmonary artery atresia; 1 was transposition of great arteries, crisscross heart and pulmonary artery valve stenosis; 1 was complete atrioventricular canal defects, left ventricular hypoplasia, pulmonary artery atresia and atrioventricular valvular regurgitation; 1 was complete atrioventricular canal defects, left ventricular hypoplasia, pulmonary artery valve stenosis and atrioventricular valvular regurgitation after Glenn procedure; 1 was mirror image dextrocardia, single ventricle, pulmonary artery atresia, major aortopulmonary collateral arteries (MAPCAs) and right pulmonary arteriovenous fistula after Glenn procedure; 4 were tricuspid atresia and pulmonary artery valve stenosis; 1 was tricuspid atresia and pulmonary atresia; 1 was mirror image dextrocardia, double-outlet of right ventricle, left ventricular hypoplasia, pulmonary artery valve stenosis, tricuspid incompetence, and MAPCAs. "
4.	pro-brain natriuretic peptide (1-76)IBA 06/01/2005 - "The plasma levels of NT-proBNP rose with increasing severity of mitral valve stenosis (p<0.001), increasing severity of mitral valve score (p<0.001), increasing severity of clinical symptom (p<0.001), increasing severity of mitral regurgitation (p<0.013), presence of mitral valve calcification (p<0.001), presence of tricuspid valve stenosis (p<0.001), increasing severity of tricuspid regurgitation (p<0.011), presence of aortic stenosis (p=0.043), decreasing left ventricular ejection fraction (p<0.001), presence of left atrial thrombus (p=0.0019), and with increasing left atrium dimensions (p=0.002). "

Therapies and Procedures

1.	Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy) 10/01/2001 - "After chemotherapy and radiation therapy, the tumor had disappeared and the tricuspid valve stenosis was relieved. "
2.	Balloon Dilation 03/01/2014 - "Inoue balloon valvuloplasty for rheumatic tricuspid valve stenosis: an excellent technique with some intrinsic difficulties." 03/01/2014 - "Balloon valvuloplasty for bioprosthetic tricuspid valve stenosis." 03/01/2010 - "Balloon valvuloplasty of a tricuspid valve stenosis in double balloon technique." 10/31/2006 - "Percutaneous transcatheter balloon valvuloplasty for bioprosthetic tricuspid valve stenosis." 02/01/1993 - "Initial outcome of percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty in rheumatic tricuspid valve stenosis."
3.	Homologous Transplantation (Allograft) 03/01/1997 - "Associated tricuspid valve stenosis was treated with insertion of a second homograft shortly after the Rastelli operation. " 07/01/2013 - "She had a mitral homograft and Physio ring in the tricuspid position, and presented with severe bioprosthetic tricuspid valve stenosis (mean gradient 16 mmHg) and right-sided heart failure. " 06/01/1997 - "We report here the use of an extracardiac homograft connection between the right atrium and right ventricle in a 16-month-old boy in whom severe tricuspid valve stenosis developed after surgical repair of a complex ventricular septal defect associated with dextrocardia and anomalous systemic venous drainage. "
4.	Transplants (Transplant) 03/01/2015 - "Percutaneous transcatheter balloon valvuloplasty for bioprosthetic tricuspid valve stenosis in a patient with orthotopic heart transplant." 03/01/2011 - "Giant saphenous vein graft pseudoaneurysm causing tricuspid valve stenosis."
5.	Defibrillators (Defibrillator) 12/01/2014 - "We describe a patient who presented with rapid clinical deterioration due to tricuspid valve stenosis early after implantation of an internal defibrillator with a transvalvular shock-lead. "