Right heart valve disease

Question 1

What are the signs of tricuspid regurgitation?

Answer 1

pan-systolic murmur, prominent/giant V waves in JVP, pulsatile hepatomegaly, left parasternal heave

Question 2

What are the causes of tricuspid regurgitation?

Answer 2

right ventricular infarction, pulmonary hypertension (e.g. COPD), rheumatic heart disease, infective endocarditis (especially intravenous drug users), Ebstein’s anomaly, carcinoid syndrome