Bioptome injury to the tricuspid valve in a cardiac allograft recipient visualized by three-dimensional echocardiography | Zendy

Emir Karaçağlar | Zendy; Leyla Elif Sade | Zendy; Alp Aydınalp | Zendy; Cihan Altın | Zendy; Haldun Müderrisoğlu | Zendy

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Bioptome injury to the tricuspid valve in a cardiac allograft recipient visualized by three-dimensional echocardiography

Author(s) -

Emir Karaçağlar,

Leyla Elif Sade,

Alp Aydınalp,

Cihan Altın,

Haldun Müderrisoğlu

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

european heart journal - cardiovascular imaging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.576

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 2047-2412

pISSN - 2047-2404

DOI - 10.1093/ejechocard/jer038

Subject(s) - medicine , endomyocardial biopsy , cardiology , regurgitation (circulation) , heart transplantation , tricuspid valve , percutaneous , transplantation , radiology , heart failure

Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is the most commonly seen valvular pathology after orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT). The reported incidence ranges from 47 to 98%, depending on the definition of significant regurgitation and the surgical method. Multiple aetiologies are implicated in the development of TR after OHT; percutaneous transvenous endomyocardial biopsy (EMB), performed to detect rejection, is the most important contributor to significant …

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