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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)