Surgical treatment of tricuspid valve dysplasia in the neonatal period

Ital Heart J. 2003 Mar;4(3):211-3.

Abstract

Tricuspid valve dysplasia, other than Ebstein's anomaly, is a very rare congenital heart defect. During the prenatal and/or the neonatal periods the clinical picture is very critical. We here report on a newborn infant with severe tricuspid valve dysplasia and 4/4 tricuspid regurgitation, giant right atriomegaly, functional pulmonary atresia with ductal-dependent pulmonary blood flow. The child was successfully submitted to implantation of a 15 mm pulmonary stentless heterograft valve using the top-hat technique.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  • Echocardiography
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Atresia / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Atresia / surgery
  • Tricuspid Valve / abnormalities*
  • Tricuspid Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Tricuspid Valve / surgery*
  • Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / congenital*
  • Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / diagnosis
  • Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal