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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:761
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited commentary

^a Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California, San Diego, 200 West Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103-8892, USA

e-mail: pthistlethwaite@ucsd.edu

This study by Dr Menzel and coworkers represents another contribution to the growing body of literature which suggests that tricuspid regurgitation secondary to thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is relieved by pulmonary endarterectomy. In their small series of 39 patients, 33 patients experienced variable degrees of relief of tricuspid regurgitation by echocardiographic assessment after operation. The resolution of valvular dysfunction occurred in the immediate postoperative period, and none of the patients required tricuspid valve repair or replacement.

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