Volume : 5, Issue : 3, March - 2016

DETERMINANTS OF SEVERITY IN PATIENTS WITH FUNCTIONAL TRICUSPID REGURGITATION WITH PULMONARY HYPERTENSION :A RETROSPECTIVE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY BASED STUDY.

Vaishali Bhalavi, Rajeev Gupta

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;BACKGROUND:The objective in the present study is to determine the severity of functional tricuspid regurgitation with the severity of pulmonary hypertension and other variables. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In the present study 10,000 consecutive cases undergoing echocardiography in Hamidia hospital Bhopal,MP,Central India between 1st January 2009 to july 2011 were analysed.1203 cases of functional tricuspid regurgitation(FTR) were found with the exclusion of organic tricuspid regurgitation and out of these we determine the severity of of FTR with pulmonary artery systolic pressure(PASP) and other variables. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: PASP is the strong predictor of FTR severity irrespective of age and severity is also dependent on other variables.</p>