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SUBMITTER: Kuwelker SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5241847 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan-Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Annals of pediatric cardiology 20170101 1
Tricuspid valve (TV) injury following transcatheter closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defect (PMVSD) with Amplatzer ductal occluder I (ADO I), requiring surgical repair, is rare. We report two cases of TV tear involving the anterior and septal leaflets following PMVSD closure using ADO I. In both the patients, the subvalvular apparatus remained unaffected. The patients presented with severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) 6 weeks and 3 months following the device closure. They underwent ...[more]