Isolated Tricuspid Regurgitation Caused by a Severely Dilated Tricuspid Annulus.
10.4326/jjcvs.27.188
- VernacularTitle:弁輪拡大による孤立性三尖弁閉鎖不全の１手術症例
- Author:
Akira Marui
;
Takaaki Mochizuki
;
Norimasa Mitsui
;
Tadaaki Koyama
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Carpentier-Edwards ring
- From:Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
1998;27(3):188-191
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
Isolated tricuspid regurgitation is extremely rare, and in most of the previously reported cases, both tricuspid leaflets and subvalvar tissue have been absent, hypoplastic or fused. For this reason, tricuspid valvoplasty was difficult and valve replacement was adopted in many cases. In the present case, a 52-year-old man, however, the tricuspid valve showed no abnormalities other than a severely dilated tricuspid annulus. Ring annuloplasty was performed, and this resulted in a subsequent satisfactory course.
