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Reversible Tricuspid Stenosis Secondary to Massive Ascites in Hepatic Cirrhosis
- J. M. García-Pinilla, MD;
- J. J. Gómez-Doblas, MD;
- I. Rodríguez-Bailón, MD;
- R. Alcantara, MD, PhD;
- M. F. Jiménez-Navarro, MD, PhD; and
- E. De Teresa, MD, PhD
- From University Hospital Virgen de la Victoria, 29010 Málaga, Spain.
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Background: Tricuspid stenosis is almost always rheumatic in origin. Other causes of obstruction to right atrial emptying are unusual and include congenital tricuspid atresia, right atrial tumors, and the carcinoid syndrome. Rare causes are endomyocardial fibrosis, tricuspid valve vegetations, and intracardiac tumors. Tricuspid stenosis due to extrinsic …
