Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of a De Vega tricuspid anuloplasty rupture

G Karatasakis; R Karamintziou; K M Taylor; D V Cokkinos

doi:10.1016/s0894-7317(14)80405-7

Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of a De Vega tricuspid anuloplasty rupture

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1994 May-Jun;7(3 Pt 1):321-3. doi: 10.1016/s0894-7317(14)80405-7.

Authors

G Karatasakis¹, R Karamintziou, K M Taylor, D V Cokkinos

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Tzanio General Hospital, Piraeus, Greece.

PMID: 8093195
DOI: 10.1016/s0894-7317(14)80405-7

Abstract

Severe tricuspid regurgitation developed in a 51-year-old woman with rheumatic heart disease and a previous replacement of the mitral valve 8 years after a De Vega anuloplasty. At transthoracic echocardiography, rupture of the anuloplasty material was suspected, which was definitely confirmed at transesophageal echocardiography. She underwent operation solely by echocardiographic diagnosis, which was completely confirmed at operation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Echocardiography*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
Female
Hemodynamics / physiology
Humans
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging*
Postoperative Complications / surgery
Reoperation
Rupture, Spontaneous
Surgical Wound Dehiscence / diagnostic imaging*
Surgical Wound Dehiscence / surgery
Suture Techniques
Tricuspid Valve / diagnostic imaging
Tricuspid Valve / surgery
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / surgery*