A combined heart defect involving damage to both the left and right atrioventricular valves is called mitral-tricuspid valve disease. In this condition, patients may experience fatigue, weakness and fainting during physical activity, mainly due to a sharp drop in cardiac output.
Main signs:
cough
tachycardia
coughing up blood
"mitral facies" (flushed cheeks)
shortness of breath
chest pain
reduced exercise tolerance
The main auscultatory sign of tricuspid stenosis is a diastolic murmur. It is heard in the 5th intercostal space at the left edge of the breastbone, and sometimes over the xiphoid process. In the late stages, the condition is characterized by hepatomegaly and ascites.
If there are no contraindications, multivalvular heart disease is treated surgically.
Information on this site is general and does not replace an examination by a doctor.