Bloody tricuspid stenosis: case report of an uncommon cause of haemoptysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Haemoptysis is usually caused by pulmonary and infectious diseases. In few cases, it has a cardiac cause, such as pulmonary embolism or mitral valve stenosis. Haemoptysis may be an uncommon symptom of prosthetic valve dysfunction, being related to elevated right heart pressures.

Case summary

A 22-year-old woman from sub-Saharan Africa known for a triple valve replacement was hospitalized for dyspnoea and haemoptysis. A careful clinical evaluation excluded the most common causes of haemoptysis. Transthoracic echocardiogram showed normal biventricular function, normally functioning mechanical prosthetic aortic and mitral valves, and the biological tricuspid prosthesis showed an increased transvalvular gradient. Contrast chest computed tomography scan excluded pulmon

SUBMITTER: Trombara F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7873793 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature