Double orifice tricuspid valve in an infant with tetralogy of Fallot.
Atrioventricular valve duplication, also known as double orifice valve, is an excitingly rare anomaly that can involve either the mitral or more uncommonly the tricuspid valve. Herein we describe a case of a double orifice tricuspid valve that prejudiced the complete repair in a symptomatic infant with tetralogy of Fallot.
Oppido
Guido
G
Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna Medical School, Bologna, Italy. guidooppido@yahoo.com
Pace Napoleone
Carlo
C
Ragni
Luca
L
Turci
Simone
S
Loforte
Antonino
A
Angeli
Emanuela
E
Gargiulo
Gaetano
G
D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D007223:Infant; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*