The diagnostic findings and treatment of an isolated congenital cleft of the anterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve in a 14-year-old boy are described. An atrial septal defect was closed by primary suturing, and the tricuspid valve was successfully reconstructed by De Vega annuloplasty.

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