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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:329
© 2004 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the editor

Tricuspid valve in hypoplastic left heart syndrome

^a Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

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To the Editor:

With great interest, we read the article by Ohye and colleagues,¹ describing their institutional experience with surgery for tricuspid valve regurgitation (TR) in patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). The detailed analysis and clear presentation are praiseworthy. The authors focus on right ventricular (RV) volume overload and annular dilation of the tricuspid valve as the most common mechanism leading to significant TR, whereas structural abnormalities of the tricuspid valve in HLHS are mentioned only briefly as leaflet prolapse and leaflet tethering. We believe, however, that some morphologic features unique to . . . [Full Text of this Article]