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Correspondence on 'Echocardiographic estimation of pulmonary pressure in patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation by Lemarchand et al

Heart BMJ

Lemarchand et al 1 address an everyday question in the echocardiography laboratories about the reliability of systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP) estimation in cases of severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR). As the tricuspid orifice becomes larger and non-restrictive, the convective component.

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Basics of Echocardiography

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Transcript of the video: Echocardiography is now not restricted to the echocardiographic laboratory. Apical four chamber view shows all four cardiac chambers, mitral and tricuspid valves, and the septa. A right parasternal view may be used when the heart is enlarged, to assess the tricuspid regurgitation jet.