Open AccessAn unusual example of isolated double-orifice tricuspid valve
Author(s) -
Ashish Sapre,
Sunil S Gopalraj,
Brijesh P Kottayil,
Raman Krishna Kumar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.115269
Subject(s) - medicine , body orifice , ventricle , tricuspid valve , cardiology , anatomy
Double-orifice tricuspid valve (DOTV) is a very rare congenital cardiac anomaly. We report an unusual example of DOTV where one orifice was committed to the left ventricle. This was identified preoperatively and managed surgically.