Severe tricuspid stenosis presenting as tricuspid atresia. Echocargraphic diagnosis and surgical management.
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Surgical management of tricuspid atresia.
Tricuspid atresia is one of the less common forms of congenital heart disease. The results of palliative surgery in 72 children are presented. Cardiac catheterization and angiocardiography are essential for precise definition of the anomaly. There is a 20% incidence of obstruction at atrial septal level. Closed atrial septostomy is of value in such cases in infancy. In most there is a reduced p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 1982
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.48.4.404