VALVE REPAIR WITH CHORDAL REPLACEMENT FOR TRAUMATIC TRICUSPID REGURGITATION

Citation
T. Sugita et al., VALVE REPAIR WITH CHORDAL REPLACEMENT FOR TRAUMATIC TRICUSPID REGURGITATION, Journal of heart valve disease, 6(6), 1997, pp. 651-652
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
ISSN journal
09668519
Volume
6
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
651 - 652
Database
ISI
SICI code
0966-8519(1997)6:6<651:VRWCRF>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
A 70-year-old woman who had fatiguability due to right heart failure s even years after receiving blunt chest trauma in a road traffic accide nt presented to our hospital. Preoperative echocardiography revealed s evere tricuspid regurgitation resulting from prolapse of the anterior leaflet. The valve was repaired by chordal replacement with expanded p olytetrafluoroethylene sutures and DeVega annuloplasty. At three month s after surgery, the patient is in good clinical condition, and repeat echocardiography revealed only mild tricuspid regurgitation.