Successful replacement of the systemic tricuspid valve with a mechanical valve in a 3-month-old boy with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries having a dysplastic tricuspid valve.
There are a few reports of successful replacement of the left-sided systemic tricuspid valve with a mechanical valve in small infants with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries having Ebstein's anomaly. Tricuspid valve replacement is the preferred option when pulmonary artery banding, performed as a prelude to performing the double-switch operation, is not feasible because of severe heart failure caused by tricuspid regurgitation.
1Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Nephrology,Graduate School of Medical Science,Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine,Kyoto,Japan.
Dai
D
Asada
1Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Nephrology,Graduate School of Medical Science,Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine,Kyoto,Japan.
Kazuyuki
K
Ikeda
2Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery,Children's Medical Center,Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine,Kyoto,Japan.
Masaaki
M
Yamagishi
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000069278:Arterial Switch Operation / Q000379:methods*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*
Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries; Ebstein’s anomaly; tricuspid valve replacement