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Published on: February 11, 2022
Successful repair of traumatic tricuspid valve regurgitation
Keiichi Fujiwara1, Takahiro Hisaoka, Hiroyoshi Komai
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan.
Abstract:
Isolated traumatic tricuspid valve regurgitation is an uncommon complication of blunt chest trauma. Tricuspid valve replacement has been ordinarily managed for this lesion. Herein, we report two cases of successful repair for traumatic tricuspid valve regurgitation, 11 and 40 years following blunt chest trauma, respectively. Tricuspid valve repairs were performed using an artificial chordae implantation with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (CV-5) sutures and ring annuloplasty. Postoperative echocardiography revealed that the tricuspid valve regurgitation improved to mild and trivial respectively in two patients. They are presently doing well, 4 and 2 years after the repair, respectively.
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