Author/Editor		Klokočovnik, Tomislav
Title		Minimally invasive parasternal approach to tricuspid valve avoids repeat sternotomy
Type		članek
Source		Tex Heart Inst J
Vol. and No.		Letnik 27, št. 1
Publication year		2000
Volume		str. 55-6
Language		eng
Abstract		We report the case of a 68-year-old patient with severe tricuspid regurgitation who had previously undergone aortic valve replacement and right coronary artery bypass. We performed tricuspid valvuloplasty via the right parasternal route in order to reduce surgical trauma by avoiding resternotomy, trauma to the venous graft, and bleeding due to dissection of old adhesions. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful, and he was discharged home on the 7th postoperative day.
Descriptors		AGED REOPERATION STERNUM TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY