Short-term result of prosthetic ring annuloplasty used in patients with tricuspid valve insufficiency / 中国基层医药

ABSTRACT

Objective To discuss the short-term results of tricuspid valve annuloplasty with prosthetic ring.Methods Tricuspid valve annuloplasty with prosthetic ring was performed in 34 patients with organic or functionaltricuspid valve insufficiency. At the same time atrial septal defect and ventrieular septal defect were closed valve re-placement was done. Results There was no in-hospital death. Echocardiography was done about one week after oper-ations,which showed that fight ventricle or pulmonary artery were smaller than that before operation in all patients andresidual tricuspid valve insufficiency was found mild in 11 cases, moderate in 2 cases. Conclusion Tricuspid valveannuloplnsy should be performed in patients with organic or functional tricuspid valve insufficiency. Better short-termresults may be got when prosthetic ring was used to small tricuspid annulus.