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.
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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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Vondráček
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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