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Secondary Tricuspid Regurgitation<br />

Pathophysiology<br />

Using echocardiographic analysis of 109 patients, Sagie et al.<br />

demonstrated that pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular<br />

dilatation per se were not prerequisites for developing functional<br />

tricuspid regurgitation.<br />

The most consistent feature they found was tricuspid annular<br />

dilatation<br />

Sagie A, Schwammenthal E, Padial LR, et al.: J Am Coll Cardiol 1994, 24:446–453.

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