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Ebstein's anomaly
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<h2 id="signs-and-symptoms">Signs and symptoms</h2> <p>The annulus 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. A subsequent "atrialization" of a portion of the morphologic right ventricle (which is then contiguous with the right atrium) is seen. This causes the right atrium to be large and the anatomic right ventricle to be small in size. </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/S3_(heart_sound)/U3kLEyXG">S3 heart sound</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Fourth_heart_sound/Ke7Kuvej">S4 heart sound</a></li> <li>Triple or quadruple gallop due to widely split S1 and S2 sounds plus a loud S3 and/or S4</li> <li>Systolic murmur of <a href="/facts/Tricuspid_regurgitation/9hnjn3r5">tricuspid regurgitation</a> = Holosystolic or early systolic murmur along the lower left sternal border depending on the severity of the regurgitation</li> <li>Right atrial hypertrophy</li> <li>Right ventricular conduction defects</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wolff-Parkinson-White_syndrome/2V6sl7yb">Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome</a> often accompanies</li></ul> <h3>Related abnormalities</h3> <p>While Ebstein's anomaly is defined as the congenital displacement of the tricuspid valve towards the apex of the right ventricle, it is often associated with other abnormalities. </p> <h4>Anatomic abnormalities</h4> <p>Typically, anatomic abnormalities of the tricuspid valve exist, with enlargement of the anterior leaflet of the valve. The other leaflets are described as being plastered to the endocardium. Tethering the underlying ventricular wall is the most common for the posterior and septal leaflets, and sail-like anterior leaflets may be tethered to the RV free wall also. </p> <p>About 50% of individuals with Ebstein's anomaly have an associated shunt between the right and left atria, either an <a href="/facts/Atrial_septal_defect/56nsJeG5">atrial septal defect</a> or a <a href="/facts/Patent_foramen_ovale/56nsJeG5">patent foramen ovale</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h4>Electrophysiologic abnormalities</h4> <p>About 50% of individuals with Ebstein's anomaly have an <a href="/facts/Accessory_pathway/huIDuTRk">accessory pathway</a> with evidence of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, secondary to the atrialized right ventricular tissue. This can lead to abnormal heart rhythms including <a href="/facts/Atrioventricular_reentrant_tachycardia/RoB307mr">atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardia</a>. </p> <p>Other abnormalities that can be seen on the ECG include: </p> <ol><li>signs of right atrial enlargement or tall and broad 'Himalayan' P waves</li> <li><a href="/facts/First_degree_atrioventricular_block/XY4r0EeP">first degree atrioventricular block</a> manifesting as a prolonged PR-interval<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li>low amplitude QRS complexes in the right precordial leads</li> <li>atypical <a href="/facts/Right_bundle_branch_block/1q843Qgv">right bundle branch block</a></li> <li>T wave inversion in V1-V4 and Q waves in V1-V4 and II, III and aVF.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li></ol> <h2 id="risk-factors">Risk factors</h2> <p>An enlargement of the <a href="/facts/Aorta/ov2Gp9h4">aorta</a> may occur; an increased risk of abnormality is seen in babies of women taking <a href="/facts/Lithium_pharmacology/G6Gy0nJU">lithium</a> during the first trimester of pregnancy<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> (though some have questioned this)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> and in those with <a href="/facts/Wolff-Parkinson-White_syndrome/2V6sl7yb">Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome</a>. </p> <h2 id="diagnosis">Diagnosis</h2> <p>An echocardiogram is the most common and specific way to diagnose Ebstein’s anomaly because it effectively shows all 4 chambers of the heart, which displays the distance between the hinge point of the septal leaflet of the tricuspid valve and the anterior leaflet of the mitral valved (displacement index) to determine if the value is greater than 8mm/m2.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="treatment">Treatment</h2> <h3>Medication</h3> <p>Ebstein's cardio physiology typically presents as an (antidromic) AV reentrant tachycardia with associated <a href="/facts/Pre-excitation/L27LeXkq">pre-excitation</a>. In this setting, the preferred medication treatment agent is <a href="/facts/Procainamide/dXCPX6yU">procainamide</a>. Since AV-blockade may promote conduction over the accessory pathway, drugs such as <a href="/facts/Beta_blockers/PRsWgpLV">beta blockers</a>, <a href="/facts/Calcium_channel_blocker/st91pD2K">calcium channel blockers</a>, and <a href="/facts/Digoxin/JEHbskXq">digoxin</a> are contraindicated. </p><p>If <a href="/facts/Atrial_fibrillation/Rzkq1tmN">atrial fibrillation</a> with pre-excitation occurs, treatment options include procainamide, <a href="/facts/Flecainide/pWLJo9zH">flecainide</a>, <a href="/facts/Propafenone/uEAbd8nX">propafenone</a>, <a href="/facts/Dofetilide/7NBVAVhA">dofetilide</a>, and <a href="/facts/Ibutilide/hscFMadc">ibutilide</a>, since these medications slow conduction in the accessory pathway causing the tachycardia and should be administered before considering electrical <a href="/facts/Cardioversion/xkhcA9a8">cardioversion</a>. Intravenous <a href="/facts/Amiodarone/rywCcA6L">amiodarone</a> may also convert atrial fibrillation and/or slow the ventricular response. </p> <h3>Surgery</h3> <p>The <a href="/facts/Canadian_Cardiovascular_Society/2w87MTXV">Canadian Cardiovascular Society</a> (CCS) recommends surgical intervention for these indications:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Limited exercise capacity (<a href="/facts/New_York_Heart_Association_Functional_Classification/l2TewHQH">NYHA III-IV</a>)</li> <li>Increasing heart size (cardiothoracic ratio greater than 65%)</li> <li>Important <a href="/facts/Cyanosis/V7ynzIjn">cyanosis</a> (resting <a href="/facts/Oxygen_saturation/UVhwuc26">oxygen saturation</a> less than 90% - level B)</li> <li>Severe <a href="/facts/Tricuspid_regurgitation/9hnjn3r5">tricuspid regurgitation</a> with symptoms</li> <li><a href="/facts/Transient_ischemic_attack/7eM1EYCg">Transient ischemic attack</a> or <a href="/facts/Stroke/DwpjdzY0">stroke</a></li></ul> <p>The CCS further recommends patients who require operation for Ebstein's anomaly should be operated on by congenital heart surgeons who have substantial specific experience and success with this operation. Every effort should be made to preserve the native tricuspid valve.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>Ebstein's anomaly was named after <a href="/facts/Wilhelm_Ebstein/frkuhXmQ">Wilhelm Ebstein</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> who in 1866 described the heart of the 19-year-old patient Joseph Prescher. Joseph Prescher was cyanotic with dyspnea, palpitations, jugular venous distension, and cardiomegaly. At autopsy, “Ebstein described an enlarged and fenestrated anterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve.” In addition, “the posterior and septal leaflets were hypoplastic, thickened, and adherent to the right ventricle. There was also a thinned and dilated atrialized portion of the right ventricle, an enlarged right atrium, and a patent foramen ovale.”<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ebstein's anomaly. <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Boston, Umar S.; Bayle, Ken; Kumar, T. K. Susheel; Knott-Craig, Christopher J. (2020). "107. Neonatal Ebstein's Anomaly". In Raja, Shahzad G. (ed.). Cardiac Surgery: A Complete Guide. Switzerland: Springer. pp. 971–980. ISBN 978-3-030-24176-6. <a href="978-3-030-24176-6" target="_blank">978-3-030-24176-6</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Eckerström, Filip; Dellborg, Mikael; Hjortdal, Vibeke Elisabeth; Eriksson, Peter; Mandalenakis, Zacharias (June 2023). "Mortality in Patients With Ebstein Anomaly". 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