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Tricuspid stenosis

Última revisão: 17 Jul 2025
Última atualização: 02 Apr 2025

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • history of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) during childhood
  • dyspnea
  • elevated jugular venous pressure with prominent a-wave
  • low-frequency presystolic (diastolic) murmur at lower left sternal border
Detalhes completos

Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • age: 20-39 years
  • exercise intolerance
  • fatigue
  • jugular pulsations
  • abdominal swelling and discomfort
  • edema
  • cyanosis or hypoxemia
  • atrial fibrillation
  • hepatomegaly
  • ascites, edema, anasarca
  • age: infancy or childhood
  • episodic facial flushing, watery diarrhea, or bronchoconstriction
  • absent right ventricular lift or heave
  • opening snap
  • endocarditis stigmata (e.g., splinter hemorrhages, Osler nodes, Janeway lesions)
Detalhes completos

Fatores de risco

  • group A streptococcal (GAS) pharyngitis
  • metastatic carcinoid tumors
  • artificial tricuspid valve
  • intravenous drug use
  • pacemaker/defibrillator leads crossing tricuspid valve orifice
  • genetic predisposition and environmental factors
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • ECG
  • chest x-ray
  • 2D transthoracic echocardiogram
  • Doppler transthoracic echocardiogram
  • liver function tests
  • blood biochemistry
  • CBC
  • blood cultures
  • 24-hour urinary excretion of 5-hydroxy-indole acetic acid (5-HIAA)
Detalhes completos

Investigações a serem consideradas

  • cardiac catheterization
  • cardiac MRI
  • 3D transthoracic echocardiogram
  • cardiac CT angiography (CTA)
  • [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET/CT
Detalhes completos

Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

congenital

with carcinoid heart disease

with rheumatic fever sequelae

with infective endocarditis

Colaboradores

Autores

John R. Charpie, MD, PhD
John R. Charpie

Professor

Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases

Division Director

Pediatric Cardiology

Medical Director

Pediatric Cardiothoracic ICU

University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center

Ann Arbor

MI

Declarações

JRC declares that he has no competing interests.

Jeffrey D. Zampi, MD
Jeffrey D. Zampi

Associate Professor

Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases

Director, Interventional Pediatric Cardiology

University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center

Ann Arbor

MI

Declarações

JZ is a consultant for Medtronic Inc and Gore Medical. JZ serves on the data safety monitoring board for a clinical trial sponsored by Encore Medical. JZ has served as medical expert for several legal cases.

Amanda D. McCormick MD,

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases

University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center

Ann Arbor

MI

Declarações

ADM receives grant funding from the NIH.

Agradecimentos

Dr John R. Charpie, Dr Jeffrey D. Zampi, and Dr Amanda D. McCormick would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Martin L. Bocks, a previous contributor to this topic.

Declarações

MLB declares that he has no competing interests.

Revisores

Lokesh Tejwani, MD, FACC

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

University of Missouri Hospitals and Clinics

Harry S. Truman VA Hospital

Columbia

MO

Disclosures

LT declares that he has no competing interests.

John Coltart, MD, FRCP, FACC, FESC, MRCS

Consultant Cardiologist

Cardio-thoracic Unit

Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital

London

UK

Disclosures

JC declares that he has no competing interests.

References

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Key articles

WHO guideline on the prevention and diagnosis of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease [Internet]. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2024.Full text  Abstract

Vahanian A, Beyersdorf F, Praz F, et al. 2021 ESC/EACTS guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease. EuroIntervention. 2022 Feb 4;17(14):e1126-96.Full text  Abstract

Writing Committee Members., Otto CM, Nishimura RA, et al. 2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Feb 2;77(4):e25-e197.Full text  Abstract

Reference articles

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