Surgical treatment of tricuspid valve dysplasia in the neonatal period.
Tricuspid valve dysplasia, other than Ebstein's anomaly, is a very rare congenital heart defect. During the prenatal and/or the neonatal periods the clinical picture is very critical. We here report on a newborn infant with severe tricuspid valve dysplasia and 4/4 tricuspid regurgitation, giant right atriomegaly, functional pulmonary atresia with ductal-dependent pulmonary blood flow. The child was successfully submitted to implantation of a 15 mm pulmonary stentless heterograft valve using the top-hat technique.
Butera
Gianfranco
G
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Istituto Policlinico San Donato, Via Morandi, 30 20097 San Donato, Milanese, MI. gianfra.but@lycos.com
Pomè
Giuseppe
G
Giamberti
Alessandro
A
Frigiola
Alessandro
A
Chessa
Massimo
M
Carminati
Mario
M
D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D004452:Echocardiography; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D018633:Pulmonary Atresia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal