In a survey of the Sheffield Region, Stuart-Harris, Twidle, and Clifton (1959) found that cor pulmonale was the commonest cause of heart failure resulting in admission to hospital. The investigation to be described was initiated when a patient in heart failure due to cor pulmonale was found to have a systolic murmur suggesting tricuspid incompetence which radiated down below the diaphragm into ...

introduction: screening of patients with anterior abdominal penetrating trauma in need for laparotomy is an important issue in management of these cases. this study aimed to compare the accuracy of abdominal wall ultrasonography (awu) and local wound exploration (lwe) in this regard. methods: this diagnostic accuracy study was conducted on ≥ 18 year-old patients presenting to emergency departme...

OBJECTIVES Although right heart failure (RVF) is an important issue in the management of patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), the benefits of performing tricuspid valve repair in conjunction with LVAD implantation have not been demonstrated. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the records of 141 patients who received LVAD implantation as a bridge to transplant from May 1999 ...

BACKGROUND In patients with a right ventricle (RV) in the systemic position, tricuspid valve surgery for regurgitation beyond adolescence is a subject of debate. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the complications, survival, and benefit of tricuspid surgery in adult patients with an atrium-level correction for transposition of the great arteries or congenitally corrected transpositio...

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a single-ventricle congen‐ ital heart disease that is fatal if left unpalliated. In HLHS patients, the tricuspid valve is the only functioning atrioventricular valve, and its competence is there‐ fore critical. This work demonstrates the first automated strategy for segmenta‐ tion, modeling, and morphometry of the tricuspid valve in transthoracic 3D ech...

Correspondence to: Dr Rajdeep S Khattar, Manchester Heart Centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, UK; rskhattar@ hotmail.com _________________________ T ricuspid and pulmonary valve regurgitation usually occurs as a secondary phenomenon caused by dilatation of the valve ring secondary to right ventricular failure or pulmonary hypertension, respectively. Primary dise...

Left ventricular (LV) to right atrial (RA) communication, also known as Gerbode defect, is very rare, usually congenital but sometimes also acquired. Cases of Gerbode defect have been reported after left valve surgery, usually valve replacement. We describe the first case of LV-RA communication following a tricuspid annuloplasty not combined to a left valve surgery. The case we report concerns ...

after multidisciplinary evaluation, 3 high-risk patients underwent transfemoral tricuspid valve-in-ring implantation (TVIRI) for refractory congestive heart failure because of deterioration of their tricuspid surgery, using Sapien XT valves (Edwards Lifesciences Inc, Irvine, CA). Patient 1: 44-year-old man, drug abuse, 4 episodes of tricus-pid endocarditis, 2 previous cardiac surgeries for mitr...

from the right atrium (Figure 1B: MV, mitral valve; TV, tricuspid valve), from the right ventricle (Figure 1C), and lastly, a lateral view after offline subtraction of the anterolateral wall of the right ventricle (Figure 1D). The surgical analysis confirmed the 3D echocardiographic findings and additionally disclosed severe involvement of the subvalvular apparatus and endocardial deposit of pe...

An 18-year old white youth presented with severe right heart failure and was found to have an obliterated and funnel-shaped right ventricle, massive tricuspid regurgitation, and mitral regurgitation. The haemodynamic findings were those of cardiomyopathy with obliteration on the right side. He underwent surgery consisting of decortication and peeling off of a thickened right ventricular endocar...