MeSH definition : Abnormal protrusion of one or more of the leaflets of TRICUSPID VALVE into the RIGHT
ATRIUM during SYSTOLE. This allows the backflow of blood into right atrium leading
to TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; SYSTOLIC MURMURS. Its most common cause is not primary
valve abnormality but rather the dilation of the RIGHT VENTRICLE and the tricuspid
annulus.;
Abnormal protrusion of one or more of the leaflets of TRICUSPID VALVE into the RIGHT
ATRIUM during SYSTOLE. This allows the backflow of blood into right atrium leading
to TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; SYSTOLIC MURMURS. Its most common cause is not primary
valve abnormality but rather the dilation of the RIGHT VENTRICLE and the tricuspid
annulus.
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