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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment Tricuspid Stenosis Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Diagnosis, Imaging Studies, Diagnostic Studies, Treatment, Medications, Surgery, Outcome, Prognosis, References. Excerpt: | | Female predominance
Right heart failure after rheumatic heart disease, tricuspid valve repair or replacement, and carcinoid disease are the most common causes in the United States
Elevated jugular venous pulsations (JVP) with prominent a wave
Echocardiography/Doppler is key to diagnosis
Mean valve gradient > 5 mm Hg by echocardiography indicates severe tricuspid stenosis
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