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Case Reports
. 2008;35(3):327-8.

Accessory tricuspid valve leaflet in an asymptomatic adult

Andrew Yoon  1 , Hussein Shaqra, Miles Levin, Barry Rudin, Jonathan N Bella
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Case Reports

Accessory tricuspid valve leaflet in an asymptomatic adult

Andrew Yoon et al. Tex Heart Inst J. 2008.
No abstract available

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Fig. 2 Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging shows a markedly redundant, myxomatous tricuspid valve leaflet with severe prolapse and a separate, parachute-like daughter structure (arrow). Real-time motion images are available at texasheart.org/journal.
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Fig. 1 Two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiogram shows the accessory tricuspid valve leaflet (arrow). Real-time motion images are available at texasheart.org/journal.
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Fig. 3 Low-power section of the accessory tricuspid valve leaflet shows markedly thickened, distorted architecture. The middle spongiosa layer has been replaced with marked fibrosis (F) and myxomatous (M) and stromal degeneration. There is also abundant adipose tissue (A) with vessel formation (H&E, orig. ×20). C = chordae tendineae
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Comment in

  • Two cases of accessory valves.
    Stainback RF. Stainback RF. Tex Heart Inst J. 2008;35(3):323. Tex Heart Inst J. 2008. PMID: 18941606 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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