Repair of traumatic tricuspid valve insufficiency by trabecular muscle elevation.
A technique is described for repair of traumatic tricuspid valve insufficiency; it was applied successfully in a young adult with a flail anterior leaflet due to chordal rupture. The technique consists of resuspension of the flail leaflet with autogenous trabecular muscle bundles and additional annuloplasty.
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Albert Starr Academic Center for Cardiac Surgery, St. Vincent Hospital and Medical Center, Portland, Oregon.
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D000328:Adult; D002815:Chordae Tendineae / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D012421:Rupture; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications