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Posttraumatic Tricuspid Insufficiency Successfully Repaired by Conventional Technique
Author(s) -
Tatebe Shoh,
Uehara Akifumi,
Shiaga Mayumi,
Kuraoka Setsuo
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2005.200491.x
Subject(s) - medicine , tricuspid insufficiency , blunt , surgery , regurgitation (circulation) , tricuspid valve insufficiency , tricuspid valve , cardiology
A 22‐year‐old man developed exertional dyspnea 2 years after blunt chest trauma due to a horse kick. Preoperative echocardiography showed severe tricuspid insufficiency (TI) caused by chordal rupture and prolapse of the anterior leaflet. A novel repair technique, the “clover technique,” was applied, but was unsuccessful in this case. The valve was then repaired successfully using conventional techniques, that is, insertion of an artificial chordae, plication of the prolapsing leaflet, and DeVega's annuloplasty. We present here a brief review of posttraumatic TI, and discuss effective and less expensive techniques for repair.