[A case of congenital solitary tricuspid regurgitation treated with tricuspid valvular replacement].
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.
Chiku
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Second Department of Surgery Nihon University School of Medicine.
Hasegawa
T
T
Shindou
S
S
Shiono
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M
Yagi
S
S
Sezai
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000601:surgery; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*