Early experience treating tricuspid valve endocarditis with a novel extracellular matrix cylinder reconstruction

201460 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Marc Gerdisch · Franciscan Health Indianapolis

W. Douglas Boyd · University of California Davis Medical Center

John L. Harlan · St. Vincent's Birmingham

John B. Richardson · St. Vincent's Birmingham

Joseph E. Flack · Baystate Medical Center

Brian A. Palafox · Orange (Poland)

William E. Johnson

Abstract

Cylinder reconstruction with ECM could be a suitable technique for replacing the tricuspid valve while preserving annuloventricular continuity in patients with infective endocarditis not repairable by conventional techniques.

Topics & Keywords

Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volume 148, Issue 6, pp. 3042-3048

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.06.092

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