Tricuspid flail leaflets after orthotopic heart transplant: a new complication of endomyocardial biopsy.
A case of tricuspid flail leaflets in a patient with orthotopic heart transplant is reported. The use of echocardiography to document the complication and its relationship to endomyocardial biopsy is presented.
Reddy
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Presbyterian University Hospital, PA 15213.
Rath
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Ziady
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Matesic
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Kormos
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D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004699:Endocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000175:diagnosis; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*