Complete mapping of the tricuspid valve apparatus using three-dimensional sonomicrometry

• Published in: The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 141; no. 4; pp. 1037 - 1043
• Main Authors: Fawzy, Hosam, MD, Fukamachi, Kiyotaka, MD, PhD, Mazer, C. David, MD, Harrington, Alana, MSc, Latter, David, MD, Bonneau, Daniel, MD, Errett, Lee, MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.04.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Biomechanical Phenomena; Cardiac Valve Annuloplasty - instrumentation; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Classical genetics, quantitative genetics, hybrids; Computer-Aided Design; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution; Heart Valve Prosthesis; Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation - instrumentation; Hemodynamics; Human; Imaging, Three-Dimensional - instrumentation; Life Sciences; Medical sciences; Pneumology; Prosthesis Design; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Swine; Transducers, Pressure; Tricuspid Valve - anatomy & histology; Tricuspid Valve - physiology; Ultrasonics - instrumentation; 3D; 35; papillary muscle; 17; 3-dimensional; PM; TA; tricuspid annulus; Genetic mapping; Cartography; Complete; Anesthesia; Tridimensional image; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Tricuspid valve; Phlebology; Transducers; Heart Valve Prosthesis; Prosthesis Design; Pressure; Computer-Assisted; Signal Processing; Biomechanical Phenomena; Ultrasonics/instrumentation; Animals; Swine; Imaging; Three-Dimensional/instrumentation; Tricuspid Valve/anatomy and histology/physiology; Computer-Aided Design; Hemodynamics; Cardiac Valve Annuloplasty/instrumentation; Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation/instrumentation

Objective Many surgeons consider the tricuspid valve to be a second-class structure. Our objective was to determine the normal anatomy and dynamic characteristics of the tricuspid valve apparatus in vivo and to discern whether this would aid the design of a tricuspid valve annuloplasty ring model. M...