title: [A case of congenital solitary tricuspid regurgitation treated with tricuspid valvular replacement].
abstract: A case of congenital solitary tricuspid regurgitation was reported. The patient was a 43-year-old male. The echocardiogram and ventriculography showed severe tricuspid regurgitation. The tricuspid valve was hypoplastic in each leaflet and chordae without torn chordae and papillary muscles. A tricuspid valve replacement was performed using St. Jude Medical 33 mm valve. As of June 1993 nine patients with this disease undergoing surgery were reported around the world.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery Nihon University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chiku
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shindou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shiono
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sezai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000601:surgery; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*