An echocardiographic finding mimicking tricuspid atresia in a neonate with dilated cardiomyopathy.
Daiji TakajoPooja GuptaSanjeev AggarwalPublished in: Cardiology in the young (2021)
We report a neonate with dilated cardiomyopathy and have echocardiographic findings consistent with "functional" tricuspid atresia. There was an echo-bright, plate-like tissue at the tricuspid valve position with no forward flow across it. This report underscores the role of right ventricle intracavitary haemodynamic influence on the tricuspid valve leaflet excursion and demonstrates a phenomenon of "pseudo or functional tricuspid atresia" mimicking tricuspid atresia in a patient with acute presentation of cardiomyopathy.
Keyphrases
- mitral valve
- aortic valve
- left atrial
- aortic stenosis
- left ventricular
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- ejection fraction
- heart failure
- magnetic resonance
- liver failure
- coronary artery disease
- pulmonary hypertension
- coronary artery
- diffusion weighted imaging
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation