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Ann Thorac Surg 1984;38:68-69
© 1984 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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An Effective Adjunct to Tricuspid Annuloplasty

First Department of Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan

Accepted for publication January 13, 1984.

^* Address reprint requests to Dr. Nakano, First Department of Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, 1-1-50, Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Japan

A simple and effective adjunct to annuloplasty is presented for use in patients in whom dilatation of the annulus may not be sufficient to convert the tricuspid valve into a bicuspid valve. Several interrupted sutures are placed on the leaflets adjacent to the commissural zone between the anterior and posterior leaflets prior to exclusion of the posterior leaflet.

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