Eibstein Syndrome
- Posted by andrea on April 30th, 2008 filed in Information
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Ebstein’s anomaly is an irregularity in the tricuspid valve. The tricuspid valve is the one that separates the right atrium from the right ventricle. If the pressure within the right atrium turn out to be very high because of the excessive backflow into it, there is a communication which connects the right atrium and left atrium, known as the foramen ovale, that remains open. This link is allowing the unoxygenated (“blue”) blood to run from the right atrium, which at the same time is bypassing the lungs and going directly to the body. Additionally, a lot of patients with Ebstein’s abnormality have an accessory conduction pathway in the heart which leads to episodes of abnormal fast heart rate.