[HSF] tricuspid noncoaptation

[Nasser F. Abou'Seada]

Prasanna ...
How do you do that ?

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On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 6:58 AM, Prasanna Simha M <prasannasimha at gmail.com>
wrote:

> One piece of advice that I picked up from Carpentier was using a brief
> period of treatment of the native leaflet incised edge with 0.625-0.5 %
> Glutaraldehyde when trying to patch flimsy leaflets etc.
> Prasanna
>
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 6:07 PM, <Hgrmd at aol.com> wrote:
>
> > Zhandong,
> >  You make an excellent point that an overly dilated tricuspid annulus
> >  with
> > severe tethering from an enlarged RV is occasionally not repairable.
> > Prasanna's advice for leaflet extension is something I would take with a
> > great  deal
> > of caution.  These leaflets are usually pretty flimsy.  The  suture
> lines
> > tend
> > to leak.  I would advice replacement with a  bioprosthesis.
> >  BTW, I've no idea how Erdinc's case turned into such a  disaster.
>  There
> > should have been no need for circulatory arrest.
> >
> > Hal
> >
> >
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