Isolated Reoperative Minimally Invasive Tricuspid Valve Operations Bettina Pfannmüller, MD, Martin Misfeld, MD, PhD, Michael A. Borger, MD, PhD, Christian D. Etz, MD, PhD, Anne-Kathrin Funkat, PhD, Jens Garbade, MD, PhD, Friedrich W. Mohr, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 94, Issue 6, Pages 2005-2010 (December 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.06.064 Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Surgical setup for beating-heart minimally invasive redo tricuspid valve operations. (A) Cannulation of the right femoral artery. (B) Cannulation of the right femoral artery. (C) Fogarty catheter through the left femoral vein blocking the inferior vena cava. (D) Fogarty catheter through the left jugular vein blocking the superior vena cava. (E) Cannulation of the right jugular vein. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 94, 2005-2010DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.06.064) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Postoperative cumulative survival in patients with elective and urgent tricuspid valve operations. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 94, 2005-2010DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.06.064) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Postoperative freedom from tricuspid valve (TV)-related reoperation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 94, 2005-2010DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.06.064) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions