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.
Ootaki
Yoshio
Y
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. y.ootaki@nifty.ne.jp
Yamaguchi
Masahiro
M
Yoshimura
Naoki
N
Oka
Shigeteru
S
Yoshida
Masahiro
M
Hasegawa
Tomomi
T
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