Duplication of the tension apparatus of the tricuspid valve

Sivadasan R Anil; Suresh G Rao; Raman K Kumar

doi:10.1017/s1047951103000180

Duplication of the tension apparatus of the tricuspid valve

Cardiol Young. 2003 Feb;13(1):106-8. doi: 10.1017/s1047951103000180.

Authors

Sivadasan R Anil¹, Suresh G Rao, Raman K Kumar

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala, India.

PMID: 12691297
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951103000180

Abstract

We report an infant with a large perimembranous ventricular septal defect, who had two separate orifices in the tricuspid valve, each supported by separate cordal apparatus, detected incidentally during surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
Echocardiography, Doppler
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / complications
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / surgery*
Hemodynamics / physiology
Humans
Infant
Male
Risk Assessment
Treatment Outcome
Tricuspid Valve / abnormalities*
Tricuspid Valve / diagnostic imaging
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / complications
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging*
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / surgery*