title: Truncal valve repair using autologous pericardial patch augmentation.
abstract: A 35-month-old boy with severe truncal valve regurgitation underwent successful repair by tricuspidization using raphe slicing and an extension technique with glutaraldehyde-treated autologous pericardium. His truncal valve regurgitation improved from severe to mild 5 years postoperatively. Tricuspidization using raphe slicing and valve extension with autologous pericardium might be one of the alternatives for truncal valve regurgitation with a quadricuspid valve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Center, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki Hospital, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: Kenta
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: Kohsuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshizawa
authors.forename: Nobuhisa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Hisanori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakazaki
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tukuda
mesh_terms: D001705:Bioprosthesis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014339:Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Cardiac surgical procedures; congenital; heart defects; pericardium; persistent; truncus arteriosus