Role of concomitant tricuspid surgery in moderate functional tricuspid regurgitation in patients undergoing left heart valve surgery

Functional tricuspid regurgitation (FTR) is frequently present in patients undergoing aortic, and particularly mitral valve, surgery. Untreated FTR may lead to right heart failure. Reoperative cardiac surgery for late FTR is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Therefore, severe FTR has eme...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery 2013-01, Vol.43 (1), p.2-8
Hauptverfasser:	Mahesh, Balakrishnan, Wells, Francis, Nashef, Samer, Nair, Sukumaran
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Algorithms Cardiac Surgical Procedures - methods Humans Mitral Valve - surgery Tricuspid Valve - anatomy & histology Tricuspid Valve - surgery Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency - diagnosis Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency - physiopathology Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency - surgery
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