[HSF] Tricuspid Disease and Jaundice

[Michael Firstenberg]

SESATS also says we should be stent grafting traumatic aortic  
injuries in patients too sick (i.e. broken bones/livers/spleen/heads)  
to operate.

michael



On Dec 1, 2006, at 1:49 PM, hgrmd at aol.com wrote:

> Michael,
>   I'm not sure what SESATS says, but I've definitely seen jaundice  
> as a result of severe TR.
> Hal
>
>
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> Sent: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 12:40 PM
> Subject: [HSF] Tricuspid Disease and Jaundice
>
>
> Just reviewing some SESATS questions (adult cardiac IX) and in a  
> question about tricuspid valve disease the answer is basically  
> stenosis can cause jaundice while TR does not.
>
> Maybe I am missing something obvious (although I do not recall a  
> jaundice patient from TR in the absence of other liver disease,  
> though do see a lot of chirrosis) I dont see much TS. Can someone  
> shed some light on this?
>
> -michael
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