Transjugular Tricuspid Valve-in-Valve Implantation.

Trova@UniTO(opens in a new window)| Export | Download | Add to List | More... Heart Lung and Circulation Volume 22, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 1036-1039 Transjugular Tricuspid Valve-in-Valve Implantation (Article) Salizzoni, S. , La Torre, M., Barbero, C., Marra, W.G., Moretti, C., D'Amico, M., Rinaldi, M. University of Torino, Department of Surgical Sciences, Città della Salute e della Scienza, San Giovanni Battista Hospital Molinette, Corso Bramante 88, 10126 Torino, Italy View references (15) Abstract A 60 year-old female underwent tricuspid valve replacement in 2002. Post-operative recovery was complicated by severe post-pericardiotomy-syndrome. Seven years later she underwent transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation through the right jugular vein because of early prosthesis deterioration. Moreover intra-operative transoesophageal echocardiography showed an important right-to-left shunt through the patent foramen ovale that immediately disappeared after the deployment of a 29-mm Sapien-XT. The patient had an immediate and dramatic improvement in day-by-day activities. This case shows that tricuspid valve deterioration can be safely and successfully treated through this approach.