Symptomatic severe tricuspid insufficiency as a late complication of pulmonary balloon valvuloplasty.
The authors describe an unusual case of a young adult patient with symptomatic tricuspid valve insufficiency as a late consequence of pulmonary valve balloon dilatation in childhood. Patient was successfully treated by tricuspid valve repair with neo-chordae implantation and a ring plasty. Two years after the operation the patient, an active sportsman, is asymptomatic with trace tricuspid regurgitation on the echo examination.
Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital, Second Department of Surgery--Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Prague, Czech Republic. vilem.rohn@vfn.cz
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D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011664:Pulmonary Valve; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D055815:Young Adult