Echocardiographic approach to the decision-making process for tricuspid valve repair Farideh Roshanali, MD, Bahare Saidi, MD, Mohammad Hossein Mandegar, MD, Mohammad Ali Yousefnia, MD, Farshid Alaeddini, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 139, Issue 6, Pages 1483-1487 (June 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.08.035 Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 The TV coaptation depth (A) and tethering area (B) were measured by tracing between the atrial surface of the leaflets and the tricuspid annular plane at the time of maximal systolic closure. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 139, 1483-1487DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.08.035) Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Comparison of preoperative and postoperative TR among the 4 groups. TR, Tricuspid regurgitation. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 139, 1483-1487DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.08.035) Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Measurement of TR jet area. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2010 139, 1483-1487DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.08.035) Copyright © 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions