Ebstein's Anomaly - Presentation

Presentation

The anulus of the valve is still in the normal position. The valve leaflets, however, are to a varying degree, attached to the walls and septum of the right ventricle. There is subsequent 'atrialization' of a portion of the morphologic right ventricle (which is then contiguous with the right atrium). This causes the right atrium to be large and the anatomic right ventricle to be small in size.

  • S3 heart sound
  • S4 heart sound
  • Systolic murmur of tricuspid regurgitation
  • Middiastolic murmur along the lower left sternal border
  • Right atrial hypertrophy
  • Right ventricular conduction defects
  • Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome often accompanies

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