Which valve is which?

Ann Card Anaesth

Department of Anaesthesiology and Institute of Critical Care, Medanta . The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India.

Published: July 2016

A 25-year-old man presented with a history of breathlessness for the past 2 years. He had a history of operation for Tetralogy of Fallot at the age of 5 years and history suggestive of Rheumatic fever at the age of 7 years. On echocardiographic examination, all his heart valves were severely regurgitating. Morphologically, all the valves were irreparable. The ejection fraction was 35%. He underwent quadruple valve replacement. The aortic and mitral valves were replaced by metallic valve and the tricuspid and pulmonary by tissue valve.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4881676PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9784.166477DOI Listing

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