DEFORMATION OF THE TRICUSPID ANNULUS BY P ERICARDIAL ADHESIONS - A RARE CAUSE OF EARLY TRICUSPID REGURGITATION AFTER MITRAL-VALVE REPLACEMENT

Authors
TAPIA M LATREMOUILLE C CHABERT JP FABIANI JN
Citation
M. Tapia et al., DEFORMATION OF THE TRICUSPID ANNULUS BY P ERICARDIAL ADHESIONS - A RARE CAUSE OF EARLY TRICUSPID REGURGITATION AFTER MITRAL-VALVE REPLACEMENT, Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux, 88(12), 1995, pp. 1911-1913
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Peripheal Vascular Diseas
Journal title
Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039683
Volume
88
Issue
12
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1911 - 1913
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9683(1995)88:12<1911:DOTTAB>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The authors report the case of major tricuspid regurgitation occurring early after mitral valve replacement. The mechanism was demonstrated at reoperation : the heart was deformed by a posterior pericardial eff usion and cardiodiaphragmatic pericardial adhesions.