• Department of Cardiac Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250021, P. R. China;
WANGAn-biao, Email: 313823871@qq.com
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Objective  We sought to review our experience of cone reconstruction for tricuspid valve repair and to evaluate this therapeutic approach for patients with Ebstein's anomaly, to report early clinical outcomes. Method  We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 19 consecutive patients underwent cone reconstruction technique in our hospital between December 2011 and June 2014 year. There were 8 males and 11 females at mean age 24 years(ranged from 3 months to 53 years). Six patients were diagnosed by electrocardiography or electrophysiology examination, including 4 patients with B type Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and atrial fibrillation, 2 patients with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. Results  There was one patient of severe cyanosis hospital death for low cardiac output syndrome depending on cardiopulmonary bypass. The remaining patients were recovered smoothly. Atrial fibrillation associated with frequent ventricular premature, restoration of sinus rhythm with lidocaine and amiodarone occurred in one patient. Early postoperative echocardiograms showed good ventricular morphology and reduction in tricuspid regurgitation (TR) grade. Eleven patients were with mild regurgitation and 7 patients without or with trace amounts of regurgitation. All patients were followed up for 5-30 months. And postoperative cardiac function recovered to gradeⅠin 10 patients and gradeⅡ in 8 patients. None of patients needed re-operation. Conclusions  The cone reconstruction technique shows low in-hospital mortality and complication rate, reducing TR, restoring right ventricular function, allowing reverse remodeling of the heart. Early postoperative follow-up shows improvement in patients' clinical outcome and low incidence of re-operation.

Citation: SUIRun-qian, ZIJie, LIYong, LIDe-cai, WANGAn-biao. Cone Reconstruction for Tricuspid Valve in 19 Patients with Ebstein's Anomaly: A Clinical Analysis. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2016, 23(7): 688-691. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.20160165 Copy

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