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Cox-Maze IV Procedure Concomitant with Valvular Surgery In Situs Inversus Dextrocardia: A Single-Center Experience in China
Published on: February 11, 2022
[Tricuspid valve plasty using autologous pericardium in a patient with infective endocarditis]
Iwao Hioki1, Tomoaki Sato, Tamotsu Morimoto
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Hospital Organization Mie Chuo Medical Center, Tsu, Japan.
Abstract:
A 67-year-old woman was diagnosed with infective endocarditis. She had no history of any cardiac event or dental treatment. Echocardiography showed a large vegetation attached to the anterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve with severe tricuspid regurgitation. Surgery consisted of removal of the vegetation and tricuspid valve plasty with a glutaraldehyde-treated autologous pericardial patch and artificial chordae of the anterior leaflet. Her postoperative course was uneventful. Five years after surgery, neither recurrence of infection nor worsening of tricuspid regurgitation was noted.
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