How much is enough to warrant prophylactic tricuspid repair?

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Mar;151(3):796-797. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.11.003. Epub 2015 Nov 10.

Authors

J Hunter Mehaffey¹, Irving L Kron²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
² Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. Electronic address: ILK@virginia.edu.

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Cardiac Valve Annuloplasty*
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation*
Hemodynamics*
Humans
Male
Mitral Valve / surgery*
Tricuspid Valve / surgery*
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / surgery*

Grants and funding

T32 HL007849/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States