Tricuspid regurgitation

Etiology

  • Right ventricular overload due to left ventricular failure
  • Infective endocarditis
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Right ventricular or inferior myocardial infarction
  • Rheumatic heart disease
  • Carcinoid syndrome
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Myxomatous degeneration or mitral valve prolapse
  • Ebstein's anomaly

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Last updated: December 1, 2014