Tricuspid Annuloplasty is Favored by the Histological Conformation of Its Annulus Luca Roncati, MD, PhD, Antonio Manenti, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 103, Issue 6, Pages 2024-2025 (June 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.08.057 Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 The 40-μm-thick tricuspid annulus (A) is a quarter of the thickness of the mitral one (B), far from the insertions of the valve cusps. (C) In close proximity to the insertions, the mitral annulus reaches a thickness greater than 700 μm (Azan trichrome stain). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 2024-2025DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.08.057) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions