TRICUSPID STENOSIS: REPORT OF A CASE WITH INVOLVEMENT OF ALL FOUR VALVES OF THE HEART
Authors: B. L. Hardin, Worth B. Daniels
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1942)

Case Reports1 September 1942TRICUSPID STENOSIS: REPORT OF A CASE WITH INVOLVEMENT OF ALL FOUR VALVES OF THE HEARTB. L. HARDIN JR., M.D., WORTH B. DANIELS, M.D., F.A.C.P.B. L. HARDIN JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WORTH B. DANIELS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-17-3-536 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTricuspid stenosis is an uncommon valvular lesion of the heart and one rarely diagnosed clinically. Leudet1in 1888, J. B. Herrick2in 1897, W. W. Herrick3in 1908, Futcher4in 1911, and Zeisler5in 1933 have collected cases. Zeisler could find but 250 autopsied cases in the world literature and of these only 12 per cent were correctly diagnosed before death. Formerly there was discussion as to whether the lesion of tricuspid stenosis is congenital or acquired. For many years the great majority of cases have been considered as due to rheumatic heart disease. About 50 per cent give a...References1. LEUDET R: Essai sur le retrecissement tricuspidien, Thèse de Paris, 1888. Google Scholar2. HERRICK JB: Tricuspid stenosis with reports of three cases with autopsies together with abstracts of forty cases reported since Leudet's thesis (1888), Boston Med. and Surg. Jr., 1897, cxxxvi, 245. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. HERRICK WW: Tricuspid stenosis with report of a case, Arch. Int. Med., 1908-09, ii, 291. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. FUTCHER TB: Tricuspid stenosis with a report of five cases, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1911, cxlii, 625. Google Scholar5. ZEISLER EB: Tricuspid stenosis: review of the literature and report of a case with antemortem diagnosis, Am. Heart Jr., 1933, viii, 697. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. OSLERGIBSON WAG: Tricuspid stenosis, Osler's Modern Medicine, 1908, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, vol. IV, p. 264. Google Scholar7. ALTSCHULEBLUMGART MDHL: The circulatory dynamics in tricuspid stenosis. Their significance in the pathogenesis of edema and orthopnea, Am. Heart Jr., 1937, xiii, 589. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. FRIEDLANDERKERR RDWJ: The clinical diagnosis of tricuspid stenosis, report of a case complicated by paroxysmal nodal tachycardia and A-V dissociation, Am. Heart Jr., 1936, xi, 357. Ibid., 1938, xv, 625. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. MACKENZIE J: Diseases of the heart, 1908, Oxford University Press, New York, p. 11. Google Scholar10. TAUSSIG BL: A case of tricuspid stenosis with enormous dilatation of the right auricle, Am. Heart Jr., 1937, xiv, 744. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. WEARN JT: The combination of jaundice and cyanosis as a helpful diagnostic sign in tricuspid valvulitis, Medical papers dedicated to Henry Asbury Christian, 1936, Waverly Press, Inc., Baltimore, p. 60. Google Scholar12. WENCKEBACH KF: Remarks on some points in the pathology and treatment of adherent pericardium, Brit. Med. Jr., 1907, i, 63. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. VOLHARD F: Ueber Leberpulse und ueber die Compensation der Klappenfehler, Berl. klin. Wchnschr., 1904, xii, 522. Google Scholar14. THOMPSONLEVINE WPSA: Note on the duration of symptoms and age at death in chronic rheumatic valvular disease, especially in tricuspid stenosis, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1937, cxciii, 4. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. GOULEY BA: The evolution of the parenchymal lung lesions in rheumatic fever and their relationship to mitral stenosis and passive congestion, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1938, cxcvi, 1. The rôle of mitral stenosis and of post-rheumatic pulmonary fibrosis in the evolution of chronic rheumatic heart disease, Ibid., p. 11. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Washington, D. C.*Received for publication October 9, 1940.From the Medical Service at Emergency Hospital, Washington, D. C. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMain pulmonary artery aneurysm with chronic rheumatic mitral stenosis: a case reportEchocardiographic diagnosis of rheumatic cardiopathy affecting all four cardiac valvesMorphological aspects of valvular heart disease: Part IICombined mitral and pulmonary valve stenosis.Quadrivalvular rheumatic heart disease 1 September 1942Volume 17, Issue 3Page: 536-544KeywordsCardiovascular therapyHeartLesionsMedical servicesStenosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1942 PDF downloadLoading ...