[Isolated tricuspid valve prolapse: identification using 2-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography].

Echocardiography has been already applied in previous studies to identify tricuspid valve prolapse. However this anomaly has been found more frequently to be associated with mitral valve prolapse or with other cardiac and lung diseases. Isolated primitive tricuspid prolapse appears in fact a relatively unknown anatomo-clinical entity. In this paper we describe the two-dimensional and Doppler findings of three patients with isolated tricuspid prolapse. Two-dimensional echocardiography is the appropriate technique for its detection and allows the assessment of the echogenic characteristics of the valve texture.