title: Direct right ventricular puncture for hemodynamic evaluation of a mechanical tricuspid valve prosthesis: a new indication for an old procedure.
abstract: The advent of transvenous right heart catheterization has relegated direct transthoracic right ventricular puncture largely to the role of "interesting historical footnote." However, in the case of a right ventricle that is "protected" by a mechanical tricuspid valve prosthesis, direct right ventricular puncture represents a reasonable alternative for obtaining accurate hemodynamic information.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Scott AFB Medical Center, Illinois, USA. GIBSONM@MEDGRP.SAFB.AF.MIL
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Carell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve; D011677:Punctures; D014261:Tricuspid Valve