Criteria for determining the need for surgical treatment of tricuspid regurgitation during mitral valve replacement

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is common in patients with mitral valve disease; however, there are no straightforward, rapidly determinably criteria available for deciding whether TR repair should be performed during mitral valve repla...

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Main Authors: He Jigang, Shen Zhenya, Yu Yunsheng, Huang Haoyue, Ye Wenxue, Ding Yinglong, Yang Shaolei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-03-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/7/1/27