Ebstein’s anomaly [Wilhelm Ebstein, German physician, 1836–1912; Gk, anomalia, irregularity] , a congenital heart defect in which the tricuspid valve is displaced downward into the right ventricle. The abnormality is often associated with right-to-left atrial shunting and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. See also Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.