title: Sliding plasty using the triple-orifice technique for tricuspid endocarditis.
abstract: A 29-year-old male with tricuspid endocarditis related to a residual ventricular septal defect was studied. A large vegetation was resected along with partial excision of the valve. The tricuspid valve was reconstructed using a single-stitch triple-orifice technique. No regurgitation or stenosis was detected at the valve 6 months after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hoshi General Hospital, Koriyama City, Fukushima, Japan. h-sasaki@mtc.biglobe.ne.jp
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ihashi
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002437:Cefazolin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002437:Cefazolin