Severe tricuspid regurgitation may produce significant morbidity and mortality if not
corrected, but commonly used methods of intraoperative assessment may be unreliable …

Tricuspid regurgitation severity was assessed preoperatively with Doppler color flow
mapping and these assessments were compared with surgical findings in 90 patients …

OBJECTIVES Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) secondary to left heart disease is the most
common aetiology of tricuspid valve (TV) insufficiency. Valve annuloplasty is the primary …

Residual significant tricuspid regurgitation after mitral valve operations may significantly
increase postoperative morbidity and mortality. However, routine techniques to detect …

Background The purpose of this study was to review our experience with modified De Vega
tricuspid annuloplasty versus ring annuloplasty for treating functional tricuspid regurgitation …

The etiology of tricuspid regurgitation (TR) in North American patients with mitral valve
disease is almost entirely nonrheumatic functional dilatation of the tricuspid annulus. In mild …

Objective Mitral valve repair for functional mitral regurgitation is common. Concomitant
tricuspid valve repair for associated functional tricuspid regurgitation has gained favor …

Four patients with multivalvular disease underwent tricuspid valve repair by a new
technique. The anterior and posterior leaflets adjacent to the incompetent commissure were …

Between July 1986 and March 1989, 48 patients whose ages averaged 60±6 years were
subjected to a new technique for tricuspid valve annuloplasty. The preoperative New York …

OBJECTIVES: Techniques employed today concomitantly with left-sided heart valve surgery
address secondary tricuspid valve regurgitation at 3 anatomic levels—annulus, commissure …