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  • Title: Tricuspid valve incompetence caused by an intracardiac needle-like foreign body.
    Author: Kobayashi T, Hayashi K, Sakata K, Kobayashi Y.
    Journal: Ann Thorac Surg; 2005 Jul; 80(1):322-4. PubMed ID: 15975395.
    Abstract:
    We report a rare case of tricuspid valve incompetence caused by a needle-like foreign body with an unknown route of invasion. A 55-year-old woman who had suffered from chronic heart failure for more than 25 years was diagnosed as having Ebstein's anomaly after a transthoracic echocardiogram with Doppler imaging showed severe tricuspid regurgitation and displacement of the septal leaflet toward the right ventricle inlet. Surgery revealed a foreign body attached to the tricuspid valve, causing regurgitation. Valve replacement was performed and the patient's condition improved remarkably thereafter.
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