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Technique and Patient Selection Criteria of Right Anterior Mini-Thoracotomy for Minimal Access Aortic Valve Replacement
Published on: March 26, 2018
Indications for and resluts of tricuspid valve replacement
Abstract:
A review of our experience with tricuspid valve replacement over a 7.5-year period is presented. Isolated disease of the tricuspid valve was encountered infrequently [8 of 87 patients] and was due to a variety of causes. In the remaining cases, the tricuspid disease was associated with rheumatic valvular disease of the mitral and/or aortic valves. The hospital mortality for the entire group of patients was 22%, and the late mortality during a mean follow-up of 32 months was 16%. Operative and late mortality were clearly affected by the severity of myocardial dysfunction present preoperativley. Problems related to the prosthetic valves and to anticoagulant therapy were relatively few. Our present indications for replacement of the tricuspid valve and presented. Earlier operative intervention in patients with tricuspid valvular disease should improve the early and long-term results.
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