NavBar_Watch NavBar_Listen NavBar_Play NavBar_Learn
Kids
Listen

     Abnormal Heart SoundsCool-E
     Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency
    

 
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency diagram

Organic Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency is a heart murmur that makes a “honking” sound.  It becomes louder as the person breathes in. When a person has a disorder in their tricuspid valve, the valve does not close properly and blood leaks backward.

NavBar_Watch NavBar_Listen NavBar_Play NavBar_Learn Texas Heart Institute Project Heart Texas Heart Institute Project Heart