Successful repair of traumatic tricuspid valve regurgitation.
Isolated traumatic tricuspid valve regurgitation is an uncommon complication of blunt chest trauma. Tricuspid valve replacement has been ordinarily managed for this lesion. Herein, we report two cases of successful repair for traumatic tricuspid valve regurgitation, 11 and 40 years following blunt chest trauma, respectively. Tricuspid valve repairs were performed using an artificial chordae implantation with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (CV-5) sutures and ring annuloplasty. Postoperative echocardiography revealed that the tricuspid valve regurgitation improved to mild and trivial respectively in two patients. They are presently doing well, 4 and 2 years after the repair, respectively.
Fujiwara
Keiichi
K
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan.
Hisaoka
Takahiro
T
Komai
Hiroyoshi
H
Nishimura
Yoshiharu
Y
Yamamoto
Shuji
S
Okamura
Yoshitaka
Y
D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013537:Sutures; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D013997:Time Factors; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene