The role of echocardiography in diagnosis of tricuspid valve disease

The development of echocardiography and Doppler-echocardiography has provided a major advance in the noninvasive assessment of tricuspid valve disease. Echocardiography is the most sensitive and specific 
method for evaluation of tricuspid valve stenosis 
and regurgitation. This article reviews echocardiography data of a normal tricuspid valve
 and the most prominent echocardiographic characteristics of tricuspid valve stenosis and regurgitation.