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Early failure of tricuspid annuloplasty. Should we repair the tricuspid valve at an earlier stage? The role of right ventricle and tricuspid apparatus.

Antonio Maria CalafioreMassimiliano FoschiHatim KheirallahMojtaba Mohammed AlsaiedJuan J AlfonsoFabrizio TancrediMario F L GaudinoMichele Di Mauro
Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2019)
Prophylactic TAP should be encouraged among surgeons even earlier than guidelines recommend, and decision-making for the treatment of low-grade FTR at the time of left-sided valve surgery should take into consideration not only annular size but also tethering severity and RV dilatation.
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