1. Surgical Techniques for Tricuspid Valve Disease
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Igor Belluschi, Benedetto Del Forno, Elisabetta Lapenna, Teodora Nisi, Giuseppe Iaci, David Ferrara, Alessandro Castiglioni, Ottavio Alfieri, and Michele De Bonis
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tricuspid ,valve ,surgery ,techniques ,disease ,Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,RC666-701 - Abstract
Tricuspid valve disease affects millions of patients worldwide. It has always been considered less relevant than the left-side valves of the heart, but this “forgotten valve” still represents a great challenge for the cardiac surgeons, especially in the most difficult symptomatic scenarios. In this review we analyze the wide spectrum of surgical techniques for the treatment of a diseased tricuspid valve.
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- 2018
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