title: Edge-to-edge repair of tricuspid valve in a corrected transposition of the great vessels.
abstract: We describe the case of a 27-year-old Caucasian woman with corrected transposition of the great vessels, who presented with cardiac failure. She had severe regurgitation of the systemic tricuspid valve with a huge annulus that was not suitable for annuloplasty. She underwent a successful repair using the Alfieri edge-to-edge technique and was asymptomatic 15 months after surgery. Such a repair has not been reported in the past.
authors.affiliation: Manchester Heart Centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK. info@kotoulas.com
authors.forename: Christophoros
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kotoulas
authors.forename: Robert Peter
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Wajdi
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Turkie
authors.forename: Ragheb
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hasan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D015897:Comorbidity; D004437:Ebstein Anomaly / Q000453:epidemiology; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000601:surgery; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*