Iatrogenic right coronary artery stenosis resulting from surgical tricuspid valve replacement: case report and review of the literature.

Iatrogenic injury to the right coronary artery (RCA) is a rare complication of tricuspid valve surgery. We herein describe the first-ever report of RCA injury related to tricuspid valve replacement surgery. A 38-year-old man with recurrent tricuspid endocarditis underwent redo tricuspid valve replacement by means of a minimally invasive right thoracotomy with a 32-mm St.