A double-orifice tricuspid valve associated with a divided right atrium

Rimantas Karalius; Remigijus Sipavicius; Audrius Aidietis; Diana Zakarkaite; Germanas Marinskis; Giedre Nogiene; Lina Lankutiene; Vytautas Sirvydis

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.09.065

A double-orifice tricuspid valve associated with a divided right atrium

Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Mar;93(3):e63-5. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.09.065.

Authors

Rimantas Karalius¹, Remigijus Sipavicius, Audrius Aidietis, Diana Zakarkaite, Germanas Marinskis, Giedre Nogiene, Lina Lankutiene, Vytautas Sirvydis

Affiliation

¹ Clinic of Heart and Cardiovascular Diseases, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.

PMID: 22365018
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.09.065

Abstract

Right atrioventricular valve duplication is a rare congenital anomaly with only isolated cases of a double-orifice tricuspid valve having been described. This article presents a case of the surgical repair of a double-orifice tricuspid valve associated with a divided right atrium, a ventricular septal defect, and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abnormalities, Multiple / surgery*
Adult
Female
Heart Atria / abnormalities*
Heart Atria / surgery*
Humans
Tricuspid Valve / abnormalities*
Tricuspid Valve / surgery*