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Anterior and Posterior Leaflets Augmentation to Treat Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation
Author(s) -
Quarti Andrea,
Iezzi Federica,
Soura Elli,
Colaneri Massimo,
Pozzi Marco
Publication year - 2015
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/jocs.12482
Subject(s) - medicine , regurgitation (circulation) , tricuspid valve , concomitant , cardiology , leaflet (botany) , surgery , paleontology , biology
A BSTRACT In congenital non‐Ebstein anomalies of the tricuspid valve, the septal leaflet is often involved and tethered. We describe a standardized approach to address septal leaflet tethering by concomitant augmentation of the anterior and posterior leaflets. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12482 (J Card Surg 2015;30:421–423)