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Case Reports
. 1995 Mar;59(3):740-2.
doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(94)00733-0.

Repair of traumatic tricuspid valve insufficiency by trabecular muscle elevation

J A van Son  1 , A Starr
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Repair of traumatic tricuspid valve insufficiency by trabecular muscle elevation

J A van Son et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 1995 Mar.

Abstract

A technique is described for repair of traumatic tricuspid valve insufficiency; it was applied successfully in a young adult with a flail anterior leaflet due to chordal rupture. The technique consists of resuspension of the flail leaflet with autogenous trabecular muscle bundles and additional annuloplasty.

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