Tricuspid atresia echocardiography

Associate Editor-In-Chief: Keri Shafer, M.D. [mailto:kshafer@bidmc.harvard.edu] Priyamvada Singh, MBBS mailto:psingh@perfuse.org

Assistant Editor-In-Chief: Kristin Feeney, B.S. mailto:kfeeney@perfuse.org

Overview- 2D-Echocardiography along with doppler ultrasonography helps in diagnosing tricuspid atresia. The anatomy, type of defects, associated defects, type of flow and resistance can be determined by this.



 echocardiography of 20 days old neonate with tricuspid valve atresia, this congenital anomaly is not compatable with life unless there is a shunt right to left in this case there is VSD and ASD, it is about 1% of all congental anomalies