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Congenital cleft of anterior tricuspid leaflet in adolescent
Hüseyin Okutan1, Turhan Yavuz, Selçuk Bilgin
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Sevket Demirel Heart Center Süleyman Demirel University Medical School Isparta, Turkey. okutanh@yahoo.com
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals
|September 6, 2002
Abstract:
The diagnostic findings and treatment of an isolated congenital cleft of the anterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve in a 14-year-old boy are described. An atrial septal defect was closed by primary suturing, and the tricuspid valve was successfully reconstructed by De Vega annuloplasty.