tricuspid valve
noun
: a valve of three flaps that prevents reflux of blood from the right ventricle to the right atrium
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The tricuspid valve, which allows blood flow from the right atrium to the right ventricle.
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Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
These include the aortic, pulmonary, mitral, and tricuspid valves.
—Alexandria Jones-Patten, Phd, Health, 27 July 2024
My experience is that the tricuspid valve rarely causes problems by itself, but can sometimes get leaky if the heart is enlarged overall, such as in someone with longstanding high blood pressure or with heart failure.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2023
The defect, which affects the tricuspid valve — the valve that sits between the two right heart chambers — has left her with lung disease and severe chronic pulmonary hypertension.
—Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 6 Jan. 2020
Tinslee was born with Ebstein Anomaly, which, according to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, is an abnormality in the tricuspid valve, which separates the right atrium from the right ventricle, and affects normal blood flow.
—Fox News, 12 Nov. 2019
Interventricular septum, tricuspid valve, papillary muscles.
—Megan Stielstra, Longreads, 19 Apr. 2018
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Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
These include the aortic, pulmonary, mitral, and tricuspid valves.
—Alexandria Jones-Patten, Phd, Health, 27 July 2024
My experience is that the tricuspid valve rarely causes problems by itself, but can sometimes get leaky if the heart is enlarged overall, such as in someone with longstanding high blood pressure or with heart failure.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2023
The defect, which affects the tricuspid valve — the valve that sits between the two right heart chambers — has left her with lung disease and severe chronic pulmonary hypertension.
—Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 6 Jan. 2020
Tinslee was born with Ebstein Anomaly, which, according to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, is an abnormality in the tricuspid valve, which separates the right atrium from the right ventricle, and affects normal blood flow.
—Fox News, 12 Nov. 2019
Interventricular septum, tricuspid valve, papillary muscles.
—Megan Stielstra, Longreads, 19 Apr. 2018
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