Increased risk of dehiscence after tricuspid valve repair with rigid annuloplasty rings.

Abstract

Although both rigid and flexible systems provide acceptable early tricuspid valve repair results, use of a rigid ring increases risk of subsequent ring dehiscence.

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Subjects

• Aged
• Cardiac Valve Annuloplasty
• Female
• Germany
• Heart Valve Prosthesis
• Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
• Humans
• Kaplan-Meier Estimate
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Odds Ratio
• Prosthesis Design
• Reoperation
• Retrospective Studies
• Risk Assessment
• Risk Factors
• Surgical Wound Dehiscence
• Time Factors
• Treatment Outcome
• Tricuspid Valve
• Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency

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Authors

• Bettina Pfannmüller
• Torsten Doenst
• Katja Eberhardt
• Jörg Seeburger
• Michael A Borger
• Friedrich W Mohr

Publication date

2012-04-16

Journal

Journal topics

• Cardiac Surgical Procedures
• Cardiovascular Diseases
• Thoracic Surgery

Language

Eng.

Copyright

The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany. bettina.pfannmueller [at] med.uni-leipzig.de

Release reference

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 May;143(5):1050-5

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