Tricuspid valve repair with papillary muscle shortening for severe tricuspid regurgitation in children.
We describe tricuspid valve repair using papillary muscle shortening for severe tricuspid regurgitation due to leaflet prolapse in children combined with De Vega annuloplasty. The papillary muscle was shortened until the prolapsed leaflet was at the same height as the other nonprolapsed leaflets. Although echocardiographic tricuspid regurgitation tends to increase over time, it rarely requires long-term intervention.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. y.ootaki@nifty.ne.jp
Yoshio
Y
Ootaki
Masahiro
M
Yamaguchi
Naoki
N
Yoshimura
Shigeteru
S
Oka
Masahiro
M
Yoshida
Tomomi
T
Hasegawa
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000293:Adolescent; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014463:Ultrasonography