• 1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Guangdong Provincial Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, 510100, P.R.China;
  • 2. The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, P.R.China;
HUANG Huanlei, Email: hhuanlei@hotmail.com
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Objective  To evaluate the efficacy of a combination of beating-heart minimally invasive approach and leaflets augmentation technique treating severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) after cardiac surgery. Methods  From January 2015 to August 2017, patients undergoing reoperative tricuspid valve repair (TVP) with minimally invasive approach and leaflets augmentation were enrolled. Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) was established via femoral vessels and the procedures were performed on beating heart with normothermic CPB. A bovine pericardial patch was sutured to leaflets to augment the native anterior and posterior leaflets. Other repair techniques, such as ring implantation and leaflet mobilization, were also applied as needed. Results  A total of 28 patients (mean age 55.6±10.1 years, 5 males, 23 females) were enrolled. One patient was converted to median sternotomy due to pleural cavity adhesion. Twenty-seven patients underwent totally endoscopic TVP with leaflets augmentation. No patients was transferred to tricuspid valve replacement. Two patients died in hospital. All patients were followed up for 7.4±5.0 months and there was no late death and reoperation. Regurgitation area was converted from 20.7±10.1 cm2 to 3.3±3.3 cm2 after TVP according to the latest echocardiography (P<0.001). Conclusion  Minimally TVP with leaflets augmentation is effective in treating severe isolated TR after primary cardiac surgery. It can significantly increase success rate of tricuspid valvuloplasty and decrease the surgical trauma.

Citation: KE Yingjie, CHEN Zerui, HUANG Huanlei, ZENG Qingshi, GUO Huiming, HUANG Jingsong, LIU Jing, LIU Jian, ZHANG Xiaohua, LU Cong. The application of minimally invasive tricuspid valvuloplasty technique with patch augmentation in reoperative cardiac surgery. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2018, 25(7): 577-582. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.201803028 Copy

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