title: An alternative technique for tricuspid valve repair using autologous pericardium.
abstract: We developed an alternative technique to integrate the replacement of tricuspid septal leaflet and chordae using a fan-shaped fresh autologous pericardial patch. Echocardiographic evaluation showed normal mobility, and no progression of tricuspid regurgitation or evidence of calcification early and late after operation. This alternative approach appears to be an easy, rapid, and effective technique for tricuspid valve repair.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
authors.forename: Debin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Mingkui
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004452:Echocardiography; D006346:Heart Septum; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*; D013552:Swine; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*