TITLE:
Accessory Leaflet of Tricuspid Valve Masquerading as Infective Endocarditis Preoperatively and Causing RVOT Obstruction Postoperatively
AUTHORS:
Nishith Bhargava, Saket Agrawal, Deepak K. Tempe, Deepak K. Satsangi
KEYWORDS:
Accessory Tricuspid Valve, Endocardial Vegetations, Echocardiogram
JOURNAL NAME:
World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery,
Vol.5 No.2,
February
3,
2015
ABSTRACT: Accessory tricuspid valve tissue is a rare congenital anomaly. We report a case where preoperative echocardiogram was suggestive of infective vegetations over the tricuspid valve but intra-operatively it was found to be accessory tricuspid valve leaflets which were causing right ventricular outflow tract obstruction.