Successful tricuspid valve replacement in a patient with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension and preserved right ventricular systolic function.
A 56-year-old patient with severe pulmonary hypertension developed severe tricuspid regurgitation, right-sided heart failure, and congestive hepatopathy. She was transferred for possible lung transplant and/or tricuspid valve surgery. Clinical and echocardiographic assessment provided confidence that acute tricuspid valve failure was responsible for the decompensation and that tricuspid valve replacement despite pulmonary hypertension could be performed.
Aboulhosn
Jamil A
JA
Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Oudiz
Ronald J
RJ
Dave
Amish S
AS
Ardehali
Abbas
A
Ross
David J
DJ
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