Surgical Techniques for Tricuspid Valve Disease

Tricuspid valve disease affects millions of patients worldwide. It has always been considered less relevant than the left-side valves of the heart, but this “forgotten valve” still represents a great challenge for the cardiac surgeons, especially in the most difficult symptomatic scenarios. In this...

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Autores principales: Belluschi, Igor, Del Forno, Benedetto, Lapenna, Elisabetta, Nisi, Teodora, Iaci, Giuseppe, Ferrara, David, Castiglioni, Alessandro, Alfieri, Ottavio, De Bonis, Michele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
Materias:
Cardiovascular Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6127626/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30234129
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2018.00118
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Sumario:Tricuspid valve disease affects millions of patients worldwide. It has always been considered less relevant than the left-side valves of the heart, but this “forgotten valve” still represents a great challenge for the cardiac surgeons, especially in the most difficult symptomatic scenarios. In this review we analyze the wide spectrum of surgical techniques for the treatment of a diseased tricuspid valve.

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