Key result
Aortic valvotomy in a 25-year-old woman with rheumatic heart disease unmasked severe tricuspid stenosis, which accounted for her unexpected failure to improve post-operatively.
Population
1 young female patient, aged 25, with severe rheumatic aortic stenosis and unrecognized tricuspid stenosis.
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
Approximately 3 years (April 1957 to May 1960)
Authors
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May warrant tricuspid evaluation in rheumatic patients with unexpected post-valvotomy symptoms; leaves open need for systematic multivalvular assessment.
Case Report (n=1)
Aortic valvotomy in a patient with rheumatic heart disease can unmask previously unrecognized severe tricuspid stenosis, explaining a lack of symptomatic improvement.
Watson et al. (1962) conducted a case report in Rheumatic aortic stenosis and tricuspid stenosis (n=1). Aortic valvotomy was evaluated. Aortic valvotomy in a 25-year-old woman with rheumatic heart disease unmasked severe tricuspid stenosis, which accounted for her unexpected failure to improve post-operatively.
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