Successful Valvuloplasty for Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation due to Blunt Trauma.
10.4326/jjcvs.31.209
- VernacularTitle:外傷性三尖弁閉鎖不全症に対する弁形成術による１治験例 本邦弁形成術報告例の検討
- Author:
Hisayoshi Osawa
;
Nobuyuki Takagi
;
Satoru Sugimoto
;
Tomio Abe
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
2002;31(3):209-213
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
A 34-year-old man had been in a motor vehicle accident at age 21. Thirteen years later, he complained of fatigue and palpitations, and was evaluated at an outside hospital. Echocardiography revealed severe tricuspid regurgitation and the patient was referred to our institution for treatment. The anterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve was torn and the attached chorda was also torn. The torn anterior leaflet was sutured directly, and an artificial chorda was created using an e-PTFE suture. An annuloplasty was performed with a 34mm Carpentier-Edwards ring. The patient's recovery was uneventful, and postoperative echocardiography revealed no regurgitation.
