A new surgical approach to tricuspid annuloplasty: possibility of an extracardial suture technique "AV-gathering".
A new extracardiac method of annuloplasty for tricuspid insufficiency was performed on cadavers and in dogs. This procedure effectively produced valvular ring cerclage without causing any decrease in right coronary arterial blood flow. In the animal model, using this approach experimental tricuspid stenosis was successfully attempted. The details of the procedure are reported in this article.
Hoshino
M
M
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Tohsei General Hospital, Seto City, Japan.
Asakura
T
T
Matuura
A
A
Okamoto
H
H
Yasuura
K
K
Seki
A
A
Ogawa
Y
Y
Abe
T
T
D000818:Animals; D001344:Autopsy; D004285:Dogs; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*