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  • Title: [Calcification of the tricuspid annulus in association with pulmonary stenosis: report of a case].
    Author: Hata T, Hisadome I, Nishigaki T, Kasahara T, Kuroda S, Aume M, Norimoto N, Nishio M, Furuse T, Mashiba H.
    Journal: J Cardiogr; 1983 Jun; 13(2):443-51. PubMed ID: 6676385.
    Abstract:
    A 51-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of palpitation, dyspnea and anterior chest discomfort. She had had a heart murmur since childhood. On physical examination, a rough grade 6/6 ejection systolic murmur was maximally audible at the second left intercostal space with a systolic thrill. The chest X-ray film showed the cardiothoracic ratio of 54% and the electrocardiogram demonstrated right ventricular hypertrophy. Calcification of the tricuspid annulus was recognized by chest X-ray films (anteroposterior and lateral views), M-mode and cross-sectional echocardiograms and the computed tomogram (CT) of the chest. Cardiac catheterization revealed the presence of valvular pulmonary stenosis and atrial septal defect. These findings were confirmed by surgical operation. Since the first description of Paktovskii in 1960, nine cases of calcification of the tricuspid annulus were reported, but no case has been described in the Japanese literature. Contrary to the mitral annulus, the echocardiographic and computed tomographic features of the calcification of the tricuspid annulus has not been reported previously. In this paper, we reported a middle aged patient with circumferential calcification of the tricuspid annulus in association with severe pulmonary stenosis and atrial septal defect, and the features of the echocardiogram and CT images were illustrated.
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