Placement of a Rigid Tricuspid Annuloplasty Ring Over a Flexible Ring for the Treatment of Recurrent Tricuspid Regurgitation | Zendy

Gualis Javier | Zendy; Castaño Mario | Zendy; MartínezComendador José Manuel | Zendy; Martín Carlos | Zendy; GómezPlana Jesús | Zendy; Diego Alejandro | Zendy; Alonso David | Zendy

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Placement of a Rigid Tricuspid Annuloplasty Ring Over a Flexible Ring for the Treatment of Recurrent Tricuspid Regurgitation

Author(s) -

Gualis Javier,

Castaño Mario,

MartínezComendador José Manuel,

Martín Carlos,

GómezPlana Jesús,

Diego Alejandro,

Alonso David

Publication year - 2012

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.1540-8191.2012.01495.x

Subject(s) - medicine , regurgitation (circulation) , ring (chemistry) , tricuspid valve , tricuspid valve insufficiency , surgery , chemistry , organic chemistry

We describe a technique that implants a rigid tricuspid annuloplasty ring over a previously inserted flexible ring for the treatment of recurrent tricuspid regurgitation. This technique avoids the trauma associated with the excision of a flexible ring in patients with friable annular tissue. (J Card Surg 2012;27:549‐550)

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