Dual lesion in the tricuspid valve associated with rheumatic fever in a 70-year-old patient. About a case

Abstract

In the decade of the 70s in Ecuador, 3 out of every 100 people developed rheumatic fever, of which 75% had cardiac complications and in hospitalization areas, 39% of all admitted cardiac patients were of rheumatic origin; As a result of this, thousands of secular cardiac patients remained, as is the case below, a 70-year-old adult man with dual tricuspid valve injury associated with rheumatic fever with a history of mechanical mitral valve replacement. Reason why we report this historically important and statistically rare medical finding. It is enriching to detail its debut, diagnosis and, above all, treatment.