61. Valvular_Heart_Disease_Overview - HeartCenterOnline For Patients: Heart Health E Deaths due to pulmonic and tricuspid valve disorders are more rare (0.06 percent and 0.01 percent, respectively). Valvular heart disease in women may pose a http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/common/articles.cfm?ARTID=187

62. Heart Valve Disease (Valvular Heart Disease) Heart valve disease (valvular heart disease) is the name valves, including the mitral and aortic valves on the left side, and the tricuspid and pulmonic http://www.heartcenteronline.com/Valvular_Heart_Disease_Overview.html

Heart Valve Disease (Valvular Heart Disease) Heart valve disease (valvular heart disease) is the name given to any dysfunction or abnormality of one or more of the heart's four valves, including the mitral and aortic valves on the left side, and the tricuspid and pulmonic valves on the right side. The two main types of valvular disease, regurgitation (leaking) and stenosis (narrowing) of the valves. In a normally functioning heart, the four valves (flaps made of tissue) keep blood flowing in one direction and only at the right time. They act as gates that swing open to allow blood to flow through and then tightly shut until the next cycle begins. There are a number of different types of valvular diseases. Valvular stenosis is a condition in which there is a narrowing, stiffening, thickening, fusion or blockage of one or more cardiac valves. Depending on which area is affected, the patient will be diagnosed with aortic stenosis, mitral stenosis, pulmonic stenosis or tricuspid stenosis. Valvular regurgitation is a condition in which blood leaks back in the wrong direction because one or more of the cardiac valves is closing improperly. Depending on the area affected, the patient will be diagnosed with aortic regurgitation, mitral regurgitation, pulmonary regurgitation or tricuspid regurgitation. Valvular atresia is a serious condition in which one of the valves has failed to develop properly and is completely closed at birth. Depending on which area is affected, the patient will be diagnosed with aortic atresia, mitral atresia

63. Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency tricuspid valve insufficiency is not usually considered to be serious. If it is the result of other cardiopulmonary disease, the extent of those conditions http://www.ehendrick.org/healthy/001399.htm

MAIN SEARCH INDEX Tricuspid valve insufficiency Definition Description Causes and symptoms Diagnosis ... Resources Definition Tricuspid valve insufficiency occurs when a tricuspid valve does not close tightly enough to prevent leakage. This condition is also called tricuspid valve regurgitation and tricuspid incompetence. Description The tricuspid valve is located between the right atrium and the right ventricle of the heart. When the right ventricle contracts, it is supposed to pump blood forward into the lungs. If the tricuspid valve does not close tightly, some of that blood leaks back into the right atrium. When the atrium receives its usual quantity of blood from veins leading to the heart, plus the leaking blood, the pressure inside the atrium increases. This higher pressure creates resistance to the flow of blood in the veins that enter the atrium from the body. In addition, this increase in pressure causes the right atrium to enlarge over time. Congestion from fluid buildup occurs, particularly in the liver and legs. Causes and symptoms If a person has serious lung disease or a narrowing of the pulmonary valve, the right ventricle must pump harder to force the blood through the pulmonary valve. In order to pump harder, the right ventricle enlarges and the valve opening stretches, causing the valve to leak.

64. BestDoctors.com: Condition Summary: Heart Valve Disease side, the tricuspid valve and the pulmonary valve, are much less common, but may also require surgical treatment. What are the symptoms of heart valve disease? http://www.bestdoctors.com/en/conditions/h/heartvaldisease/heartvaldisease_02140

Site Map Language English Spanish Select A Language Search Condition Summaries Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, M.D. Articles by Dr. Kouchoukos Heart Valve Disease Heart Valve Disease Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, M.D. Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri What is heart valve disease? The heart has four valves. When the heart muscle contracts, the valves prevent blood from flowing in the reverse direction. Some people are born with a structural abnormality of a heart valve, called a congenital disorder. Some people may have an acquired heart valve disorder, caused by diseases such as rheumatic fever, infection or inflammation, which can damage heart valves and interfere with heart valve function. When heart valves are diseased, two major problems can develop: the valves leak, causing the blood to flow in the reverse direction from normal, or the valves become narrow (stenosis) as scar tissue and calcium deposit on the valve and interfere with the normal forward blood flow. Some valves may develop both stenosis and leakage. Which heart valves are involved?

65. Heart Valve Disease leaking of the tricuspid valve) can cause symptoms of heart failure, especially heartrelated breathing problems. How long does heart valve disease last? http://www.irishhealth.com/?level=4&con=45

66. Images.MD: View Collection Valvular Heart disease. section Acquired tricuspid and Pulmonic valve disease. Etiology of acquired tricuspid and pulmonic valve disease. http://images.md/users/explore_chapter.asp?ID=AHD1101-11&colID=AHD1101&coltitle=

67. E-Journal - Volume 1 : Management Of Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation The indications for surgery of tricuspid regurgitation in association with mitral valve disease include obviously severe TR preoperatively and/or worse than http://www.escardio.org/knowledge/cardiology_practice/ejournal_vol1/Vol1_no20.ht

Home About Us Contact Us Site Map Search for Home Knowledge Centre E-Journal of Cardiology Practice E-Journal - Volume 1 ... Working Groups E-Journal - Volume 1 Vol1 N°20 Topic: Valvular Heart Diseases Management of tricuspid valve regurgitation. Prof. M.J. Antunes Coimbra, Portugal Chairman-elect of the ESC Working Group on Valvular Heart Disease In 80% of cases, tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is said to be “functional”, but it is probable that TR is in fact often partly or mainly organic. Indeed, it would seem natural that by eliminating the triggering factor of TR, that is, by an adequate correction of the left heart valvular lesion, TR should regress (1). However, this does not always happen. On top of it being an “organic” disease (2), another reason for persistence or progression of TR may be an incomplete or unsatisfactory repair during surgery: the quality of the correction of the left sided valvular lesion is of paramount importance. But even in many cases of successful mitral valve surgery, progressive TR may develop. Then, one may ask: when should we repair/replace the tricuspid valve during mitral and/or aortic valve surgery?

68. Heart Valve Disease : Symptoms, Risk Factors, Prevention, Diagnosis, Therapy, FA The tricuspid valve is positioned in the heart’s right The aortic valve separates the left ventricle from the Heart disease can be caused by many different http://www.sjm.com/conditions/condition.aspx?name=Heart Valve Disease

69. Tricuspid Valve When the atrium is finished contracting, the tricuspid valve closes, thereby preventing a backwash of blood ( regurgitation ) into Links to valvular disease. http://heartdisease.about.com/library/glossary/blgltricuspidvalve.htm

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70. Heart Valves And Heart Valve Disease Thus, heart valve disease can affect any of regurgitation; tricuspid stenosis; tricuspid regurgitation; Pulmonic Although mitral valve prolapse neither hinders http://www.meritcare.com/hwdb/_followLink.asp?sgml_id=ug1190abc

71. Heart Valves, Heart Valve Disease, And Heart Valve Surgery Heart valve Diseases and Heart valve Surgery. Heart valve Functions. On the right side of the heart, blood flows through the tricuspid valve, which lies between http://www.texheartsurgeons.com/Valves.htm

Heart Valve Diseases and Heart Valve Surgery Heart valves have key roles in regulating blood flow through the heart, opening and closing in sequence with each heartbeat. These valves act like one-way doors, allowing blood to flow either forward into the next chamber, or out of the heart via one of two main blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart. The valves close to prevent back flow. Heart Valve Functions On the right side of the heart, blood flows through the tricuspid valve, which lies between the right atrium and the right ventricle. On the left side of the heart, the mitral valve controls the blood flow between the left atrium and left ventricle. The pulmonary valve controls flow from the right ventricle into the pulmonary artery , which carries blood to the lungs for oxygenation. On the left side, the aortic valve opens the way for oxygenated blood to pass from the left ventricle into the aorta , the body?s largest artery. Causes of Heart Valve Malfunction Heart valves may become impaired for a variety of reasons. Rheumatic fever, the most common cause of valve malfunction, causes a valve to stiffen over time. This limits the ability of the valve to open and close properly. Some people are born with heart valve abnormalities, which may be corrected at birth or later in life. Other people may acquire valve damage from infection (as with bacterial endocarditis) or other diseases. The results are a tight, rigid valve limiting forward blood flow (called a stenotic valve ), or a valve which does not close properly, permitting back flow (called a

72. Heart Valve Disease: XtraMSN Health valve disease can also be treated using a procedure called balloon valvuloplasty. This is used mainly to open a narrowed tricuspid, pulmonary or mitral valve. http://xtramsn.co.nz/health/0,,8065-1669890,00.html

Advanced Search Home Hotmail Search ... Help navBG = '#336699'; navOverBG = '#6699FF'; casText = '#FFFFFF'; casTextOver = '#FFCC00'; casBG = '#6699FF'; casOverBG = '#336699'; Ask The Expert Beauty Fitness Health Library Natural Health Relationships Parenting SEARCH WEB FOR: BROWSE XTRAMSN: -Select - Auto/Bike/Boat Broadband Budget 2004 Business Careers Entertainment Games Kids Money Motoring News Personals Rugby Shopping Sport Travel Weather Help SEARCH HEALTH RELATED ITEMS: Xtra Travel XtraMSN Sport Contact Us Health Headlines Smoking Makes Saliva Dangerous Main Road Living Ups Heart Risk Don't Eat Less - Eat Differently Kiwis Wising Up On Antibiotics ... Health Wake-Up Call To Airlines You are here : XtraMSN Health Library A to Z Conditions Thu 03 June 2004 A to Z Conditions Heart valve disease There are two types of valve disease Symptoms depend on which valve is affected Treatment is not always necessary How do the heart valves work? There are four valves in the heart. Blood in the heart is pumped in only one direction and the heart valves regulate this flow. Pressure changes around the valves cause them to open and close their cusps or leaflets which are flap-like structures, at the correct time and then close them tightly to prevent backflow of blood. The four valves are: The tricuspid valve The pulmonary valve The mitral valve The aortic valve The oxygen-rich blood returning from the lungs flows into the upper-left chamber (the left atrium). From here, the blood flows through the mitral valve into the lower-left chamber (the left ventricle) and the mitral valve then closes to prevent backflow of blood. The left ventricle then pushes the blood through the aortic valve, into the aorta (the largest artery in the body) and so to the rest of the body.

73. Cardiovascular Diseases - Heart Valve Diseases blood pressure, depending on which valve disease is present. shortness of breath. abdominal pain due to an enlarged liver (if there is tricuspid valve malfunction http://uuhsc.utah.edu/healthinfo/adult/cardiac/disvalve.htm

Call 581.2897 (SLC Metro) or toll-free 1.866.850.UUMD (8863) to make an appointment or consult with a University physician. Call Center Let us help make an appointment or arrange for a consultation... Cardiology Physicians Review our Cardiologists credentials and subspecialty interests... Cardiology Facilities Locations where our Cardiology physicians practice... Heart Valve Diseases What are heart valves? The heart consists of four chambers, two atria (upper chambers) and two ventricles (lower chambers). There is a valve through which blood passes before leaving each chamber of the heart. The valves prevent the backward flow of blood. These valves are actual flaps that are located on each end of the two ventricles (lower chambers of the heart). They act as one-way inlets of blood on one side of a ventricle and one-way outlets of blood on the other side of a ventricle. Each valve actually has three flaps, except the mitral valve, which has two flaps. The four heart valves include the following: tricuspid valve - located between the right atrium and the right ventricle pulmonary valve - located between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery mitral valve - located between the left atrium and the left ventricle aortic valve - located between the left ventricle and the aorta How do the heart valves function?

74. Aarogya.com "The Wellness Site" - Conditions & Concerns - Specialties - Cardiolo disease of the tricuspid and pulmonary valves is relatively rare. diseases of the Mitral valve. Regurgitation Aortic Stenosis. diseases of the tricuspid valve. http://www.aarogya.com/Conditions/specialties/cardiology/valvedeseases.asp

Search www Search Aarogya Ask The Doc Catalogue Drug Search Sitemap ... Medicine Conditions Family Health Informatics Updates ... Groups Cardiology Introduction Know Your   Heart Ischemic Heart ... Search a Specialist Check Other Specialties >                  Select Cancer Dentistry Dermatology E.N.T Endocrinology Gastroenterology General Surgery Hematology Neurology Nephrology Ophthalmology Occupational Therapy Orthopedics Pediatrics Psychology Plastic Surgery Pain Management Physiotherapy Radiology Urology Valve Disease A heartbeat represents not only a life-sustaining biological event, but also an exercise in mechanical precision. With every contraction, blood flows into, through, and out of the heart. In fact, the heart moves about 100 gallons (379 liters) of blood through the circulatory system every hour. Blood is pumped through the heart in only one direction. Heart valves play key roles in regulating this one-directional blood flow, opening and closing with each heartbeat. Types of Valve disease Diseases of the heart valves are classified according to which valve or valves are involved and the amount of blood flow that is disrupted by the problem. The most frequent and serious valve problems involve the mitral and aortic valves. Disease of the tricuspid and pulmonary valves is relatively rare.

75. About Us: Latest News in products and technologies to treat advanced cardiovascular disease, will formally specifically for surgical repair of the heart s tricuspid valve, among its http://www.edwards.com/AboutUs/LatestNews/NewsDetail.aspx?iArticleId=90

76. Heart Valve Disease - Inova Heart Services About Heart valves and Heart valve disease. What is a heart valve? The heart has four heart valves the tricuspid, mitral, pulmonic and aortic valves. http://www.inova.org/inovapublic.srt/heart/heart_disease/heart_valves.html

document.write(this_date_string) My Health Add to Favorites Find a Doctor Email this Page ... Prevention/Wellness About Heart Valves and Heart Valve Disease What is a heart valve? The heart has four heart valves: the tricuspid, mitral, pulmonic and aortic valves. Healthy heart valves provide a one-way gate that allows blood to flow only in the desired direction. Each valve opens and closes with every heartbeat. Valves are comprised of thin, strong tissue attached to the heart muscle by a flexible hinge, called an annulus. The tricuspid valve is located between the right atrium and right ventricle and is composed of three leaflets. In addition to the leaflets, this valve is comprised of relatively undefined valve "ring" (or annulus) that connects the leaflets to the heart, and muscular "chords" that connect the valve leaflets to the heart muscle. The mitral valve is located between the left atrium and left ventricle and is composed of two leaflets. In addition to the leaflets, this valve is comprised of a valve "ring" (or annulus) that connects the leaflets to the heart, muscular "chords" that connect the valve leaflets to the heart muscle.

77. GW Hospital : Valve Disease valve is involved the condition is known as tricuspid regurgitation, pulmonary About valve disease Heart valve disease is either acquired during a patient’s http://www.gwhospital.com/p6677.html

Home About GW Hospital Contact Us Search ... GW Hospital Medical Staff Related Links: George Washington University GWU Medical Center GWU Medical Faculty Associates Continuing Education Programs George Washington University Hospital 900 23rd St., NW Washington, DC 20037 Toll Free This information was accurate at the time of publication. Valve Disease Heart Valves Heart Valve Disease Heart Valve Disease, or the malfunctioning of heart valves, affects more than 5 million people each year. In a normal heart, the valves serve as the exit from each of the four chambers of the heart, and enable blood to flow freely in a forward direction. When the valves function properly blood flows only in one direction. When a valve malfunctions blood may flow backwards or the valve may not open completely interfering with the forward blood flow. About the Heart and Heart Valves Blood travels from the atria to the ventricles through the mitral and tricuspid valves. Through the pulmonary and aortic valves, blood leaves the ventricles to the lungs and aorta and eventually other body parts. This entire process is compromised when the heart valves are damaged as a result of heart valve disease. There are two main types of valve dysfunction: Stenosis Stenosis is present when a valve does not open completely, interfering with the forward flow of blood. Depending on which valve is affected, this condition is referred to as tricuspid stenosis, pulmonic stenosis, mitral valve stenosis and aortic stenosis.

78. Cavalier King Charles Spaniels - Mitral Valve Disease of a genetic basis for mitral valve disease in both most commonly affected is the mitral valve, on the left side, followed by the tricuspid valve (on the http://home.vicnet.net.au/~cavalier/mitral.htm

Breed Information Breed Description Breed History Breed Standard Cavalier's Bookshelf ... Mitral Valve Disease Club Information Club Activities Champ Show 2003 Club History Contacting Us ... Rescue Story Links Canine Associations Cavalier Clubs Home Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club Of Victoria Inc. Mitral Valve Disease in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels The following article has been provided by Dr Russell Mitten, BVSc DVR (Consultant), who addressed the Club's General Meeting on the 15th February 2000. What is it? What goes wrong? Over a period of time we see progressive deterioration of the heart valves. The most commonly affected is the mitral valve, on the left side, followed by the tricuspid valve (on the right)and the aortic valve (on the left). The normal flexible thin valve leaflets become gnarled, fibrous and thickened, and their restraining tendons also thicken and sometimes rupture. The result is an incompetent leaky valve which allows progressively more and more backflow. Eventually up tp 80% of the output from the heart is leaking back through the valve (termed regurgitation) and only 20% is moving forward. As a result, the heart chambers enlarge, the heart muscle works harder and eventually the muscle may fail. In some cases, the thin-walled atrial chambers may rupture, and in others the valve tendons give way, both having disastrous (ie fatal) consequences. What are the signs?

79. ATS -- Subject Collections : Valve Disease Original articles tricuspid valve surgery for functional tricuspid valve regurgitation associated with leftsided valvular disease Kenji Kuwaki, Kiyofumi http://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/collection/valve_disease?page=62

80. ATS -- Subject Collections : Valve Disease A novel technique for correction of severe tricuspid valve regurgitation due to Surgery for acquired cardiovascular disease Prosthetic valve thrombosis Twenty http://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/collection/valve_disease

HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ... SEARCH RESULT QUICK SEARCH: [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year: Vol: Page: Valve disease Contributing journals to this collection: Annals of Thoracic Surgery European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery , and Cardiac Surgery in the Adult Citations 1-10 of 844 total displayed. Most recent content Original articles Midterm results of the Ross procedure N. Alphonso, M. Baghai, K. Dhital, G. Mood, R. Tulloh, C. Austin, and D. Anderson Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 2004; 25: 925-930. [Abstract] [Full text] Original articles Introduction of a flexible polymeric heart valve prosthesis with special design for aortic position Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 2004; 25: 946-952. [Abstract] [Full text] Original articles Leaflet arrest in St Jude Medical and CarboMedics valves: an experimental study Mark T. Grattan and Lars I. Thulin Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 2004; 25: 953-957. [Abstract] [Full text] Original articles Mid-term results of cardiac autotransplantation as method to treat permanent atrial fibrillation and mitral disease Giovanni Troise, Marco Cirillo, Federico Brunelli, Giordano Tasca, Andrea Amaducci, Zen Mhagna, Margherita Dalla Tomba, and Eugenio Quaini

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