VALVE REPAIR WITH CHORDAL REPLACEMENT FOR TRAUMATIC TRICUSPID REGURGITATION

Authors
SUGITA T WATARIDA S KATSUYAMA K NAKAJIMA Y YAMAMOTO R MORI A
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
Journal title
Journal of heart valve disease → ACNP
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.