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Perforation of a Tricuspid Pouch Caused by Infective Endocarditis
Kiyohito Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Hisato Ito, MD, Takane Hiraiwa, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 86, Issue 5, Pages (November 2008) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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Fig 1 Preoperative transesophageal echocardiography. Echocardiography reveals that a tricuspid pouch protrudes into the right ventricle. Arrow indicates tricuspid pouch. (LA = left atrium; LV = left ventricle; RV = right ventricle.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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Fig 2 Intraoperative view of the tricuspid pouch. The right atrium is opened to reveal a tricuspid pouch (1.5 cm in diameter), adjacent to the septal leaflet. The probe passed from the left to the right ventricle through the interventricular communication (arrow). (Ao = aorta; I = inferior; L = left; R = right; S = superior.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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