Results of tricuspid valve replacement for nonrheumatic and noninfective disease.

Because of the rarity of isolated, nonrheumatic, noninfective tricuspid valvular disease, the long-term results of treatment by tricuspid valve replacement are uncertain. From June 1967 to April 1986, we implanted 23 biological or mechanical tricuspid valve prostheses in 20 patients for nonrheumatic, noninfective endocarditis. All cases were followed from 1 to 20 years after the procedure, for a total of 215.

Isolated coarctation of the aorta: surgical treatment and late results. Eighteen years' experience.

From March 1967 to February 1985, ninety one patients aged from eleven months to 53 years underwent surgical treatment of isolated coarctation of the aorta. On reviewing the long term results it was found that persistence of hypertension was related to the age when the operation was performed. Dividing the patients into three age groups; group I: 0-5 years, group II: 6-15 years and group III: over 15 years, it was found that there was no late hypertension in group I while hypertension persisted in 11% in group II and 25% in group III.

Surgical treatment of isolated coarctation of the aorta: 18 years' experience.

From March 1967 to February 1985 91 patients aged from 11 months to 53 years underwent surgical treatment of isolated coarctation of the aorta. The surgical procedures in descending order of frequency, were: resection with end to end anastomosis, resection with replacement by a tube graft, patch aortoplasty, and bypass graft. Resection with end to end anastomosis was achieved mainly in younger patients.