Beating-heart tricuspid annuloplasty using the Tailor Flexible Ring.
We describe a standard procedure of tricuspid annuloplasty using the St. Jude Medical Tailor Flexible Ring with a beating-heart technique. This flexible ring is supposed to be more physiological than a rigid ring for reducing mechanical stress on the annulus. To avoid zigzag the flexible ring when tying the sutures, they must be placed at exactly the same distance apart on both the tricuspid annulus and the ring.
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan. izutani@m.ehime-u.ac.jp
Hironori
H
Izutani
Dairoku
D
Nishikawa
Yasuhiko
Y
Kubota
Noriyuki
N
Kashiyama
D058385:Cardiac Valve Annuloplasty / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*