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==Overview==
Tricuspid stenosis is characterized by structural changes in the [[tricuspid valve]]. The pathophysiology of [[tricuspid valve]] depends on the underlying etiology.  In rheumatic heart disease, the most common cause of tricuspid stenosis, there is diffuse thickening of the leaflets and [[chordae tendinae]] as well as fusion of the commissures.


==Pathophysiology==
==Pathophysiology==
 
The pathophysiology of tricuspid valve depends on the underlying etiology.
Tricuspid stenosis is a result of structural alterations of the [[tricuspid valve]] that accelerates inadequate excursion of the valve leaflets.  [[Rheumatic fever]] is the most common etiology. [[Tricuspid valve]] involvement occurs universally with mitral and aortic valve involvement.  Rheumatic tricuspid stenosis results in the [[tricuspid valve]] leaflets becoming thickened and slcerotic as the [[chordae tendineae]] become shortened. This restricted valve results in an obstructed blood flow into the right ventricle, and thus, to the pulmonary vasculature. Consequently, [[right atrial]] enlargement may be present. The obstructed venous return results in hepatic enlargement, decreased pulmonary blood flow, and peripheral edema. Rarely, tricuspid stenosis may be caused by carcinoid syndrome, endocarditis, endomyocardial fibrosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and congenital tricuspid atresia.
* Rheumatic tricuspid stenosis:
 
** Diffuse thickening of the leaflets occur. Fusion of the commissures may or may not occur.
In the case of congenital tricuspid stenosis, many forms of valve leaflet deformity may occur, including deformed leaflets, deformed chordae, and displacement of the entire valve apparatus.  Other cardiac anomalies are usually present.
** Chordae tendineae may become thickened and shortened.
** As a result of the dense collagen and elastic fibers that make up leaflet tissue, the normal leaflet layers become significantly distorted.
* [[Carcinoid]] heart disease:
** Fibrous white plaques located on the valvular and mural [[endocardium]] are characteristic presentations of carcinoid valve lesions.
** Valve leaflets become thick, rigid and smaller in area.
** Atrial and ventricular surfaces of the valve structure contain fibrous tissue proliferation.
* Congenital tricuspid stenosis:
** More common in infants
** Lesions may present in a number of different ways, either singularly or in any combination of the following:
*** Incompletely developed leaflets
*** Shortened or malformed chordae
*** Small annuli
*** [[Papillary muscle]]s of abnormal size and number.
* Infective endocarditis:
** Stenosis may develop as a result of large infected vegetations obstructing the opening of the tricuspid valve.
* Other conditions may mimic tricuspid stenosis by the mechanical obstruction of flow through the [[tricuspid valve]]:
** Supravalvular obstruction from congenital diaphragms
** Intracardiac or extracardiac tumors
** [[Thrombosis]] or [[emboli]]
** Large [[endocarditis]] vegetations
** Other conditions that impair right-sided filling
*** Constrictive [[pericarditis]]
*** [[Restrictive cardiomyopathy]]


==References==
==References==

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Overview

Tricuspid stenosis is characterized by structural changes in the tricuspid valve. The pathophysiology of tricuspid valve depends on the underlying etiology. In rheumatic heart disease, the most common cause of tricuspid stenosis, there is diffuse thickening of the leaflets and chordae tendinae as well as fusion of the commissures.

Pathophysiology

The pathophysiology of tricuspid valve depends on the underlying etiology.

  • Rheumatic tricuspid stenosis:
    • Diffuse thickening of the leaflets occur. Fusion of the commissures may or may not occur.
    • Chordae tendineae may become thickened and shortened.
    • As a result of the dense collagen and elastic fibers that make up leaflet tissue, the normal leaflet layers become significantly distorted.
  • Carcinoid heart disease:
    • Fibrous white plaques located on the valvular and mural endocardium are characteristic presentations of carcinoid valve lesions.
    • Valve leaflets become thick, rigid and smaller in area.
    • Atrial and ventricular surfaces of the valve structure contain fibrous tissue proliferation.
  • Congenital tricuspid stenosis:
    • More common in infants
    • Lesions may present in a number of different ways, either singularly or in any combination of the following:
      • Incompletely developed leaflets
      • Shortened or malformed chordae
      • Small annuli
      • Papillary muscles of abnormal size and number.
  • Infective endocarditis:
    • Stenosis may develop as a result of large infected vegetations obstructing the opening of the tricuspid valve.
  • Other conditions may mimic tricuspid stenosis by the mechanical obstruction of flow through the tricuspid valve:

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