Question 140 · LEK · Tricuspid regurgitation
The main mechanism of tricuspid regurgitation is:
- A. tricuspid valve annulus distention.
- B. cardiac device-related infective endocarditis.
- C. rheumatic tricuspid valve disease.
- D. tricuspid annular distortion due to degenerative calcification.
- E. rupture of the tricuspid chordae tendineae in the course of acute myocardial infarction.
Hint
Most tricuspid regurgitation is secondary, caused by right heart remodeling rather than by disease of the leaflets.
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