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Description of disease:

Triscupid valve stenosis is a disease that results in temporary or permanent obstruction of blood flow from the right chamber to the heart vestibule. It can be triggered by the damage to the heart muscle or anatomic changes to the valve. Other causes are very rare but they include: infectious endocarditis, injury, cancer, rheumatic disease, heart attack of the right chamber. The treatment is usually very effective and is accepted with high tolerance, it involves correction of the organic heart disease and reduction of blood pressure in the right ventricle. In severe cases, triscupid valve needs to be exchanged.

Symptoms:


dyspnea, breathlessness
loss of appetite
swelling legs
upper abdomen pains
weight loss



Research:


Coronarography
Echocardiography
Electrocardiography (EKG)
X-ray examination of the chest



Doctors :


Cardiologist





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Bibliography: Visalli, G. Guide to Medical Cures and Treatments, 1996

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