BACKGROUND: The surgical management of @entity4924 represents a major challenge. METHODS: Thirty consecutive @entity1 with @entity4924 received surgical treatment in the period from April 2002 to October 2009. Operations included annuloplasty, repair of the tricuspid valve using autologous pericardium and tricuspid valve replacement. In most cases, repair of the tricuspid valve was done using autologous pericardium instead of an annuloplasty with the anterior leaflet alone. Associated @entity600 were also repaired during the operation. Follow-up ranged from 6 to 82 months. RESULTS: Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography revealed no or only minimal @entity997 after cardiopulmonary bypass in 25 @entity1 . Mild or moderate @entity337 was observed in 3 and 2 @entity1 , respectively. At the last follow-up echocardiography, 5 @entity1 with mild and 2 @entity1 with moderate @entity997 were detected. There was no sign of @entity528 , @entity10710 , or calcification of the pericardial patch in any @entity1 during follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: Although further study is required to assess the long-term function of the reconstructed tricuspid valve, our early and midterm results from this current study indicate that repairing the tricuspid valve with autologous pericardium achieves reasonable outcomes in the majority of @entity1 with @entity4924 , including pediatric and adult @entity1 .

Early and midterm results of repair of XXXX with autologous pericardium.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity10710 :: ('MESH:D014264', 'Disease') :: ['tricuspid valve stenosis'] @entity600 :: ('MESH:D000014', 'Disease') :: ['congenital malformations'] @entity997 :: ('MESH:D014262', 'Disease') :: ['tricuspid incompetence'] @entity337 :: ('MESH:D001022', 'Disease') :: ['incompetence'] @entity4924 :: ('MESH:D004437', 'Disease') :: ["Ebstein's anomaly"] @entity528 :: ('MESH:D009410', 'Disease') :: ['pericardial degeneration']
@entity4924 :: (MESH:D004437,Disease) :: ['Ebstein's anomaly']
