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  • Title: Edge-to-edge repair of congenital familiar tricuspid regurgitation: case report.
    Author: Mantovani V, Grossi C, Ferrarese S, Sala A.
    Journal: J Heart Valve Dis; 2000 Sep; 9(5):641-3. PubMed ID: 11041178.
    Abstract:
    We report a case of edge-to-edge (Alfieri's technique) repair of congenital familiar tricuspid regurgitation in a 49-year-old woman, who had severe tricuspid regurgitation, atrial septal defect with left-to-right shunt, and two stenoses in peripheral branches of the left pulmonary artery, of no clinical relevance. The repair was performed through a longitudinal inferior partial sternotomy. The atrial septal defect was closed by direct suture; the anterior and posterior leaflets of the tricuspid valve were sutured together. The chordae to the prolapsing medial part of the anterior leaflet were shortened by direct suture to the leaflet free edge. Annuloplasty was performed by means of a Carpentier ring. The final step was edge-to-edge approximation of the septal leaflet to the new antero-posterior position with two interrupted stitches. The hemodynamic result was excellent, and the patient eventually returned to full active life.
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