Prosthetic Valve Implantation with Preservation of the Entire Valvular and Subvalvular Apparatus of the Tricuspid Valve in Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries
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https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20111046Abstract
Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries, which is characterized by atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial discordance, is a rare congenital heart disease. Most of the cases are diagnosed in childhood, owing to associated cardiac anomalies, such as ventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis or pulmonary atresia, and Ebstein-like malformation of the tricuspid valve. We present a patient with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries who underwent surgical replacement of the tricuspid valve with a bioprosthesis and reconstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract with bovine conduit.References
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