Iatrogenic right coronary artery injury after tricuspid valve annuloplasty
Owing to its close anatomical proximity to the annulus of the tricuspid valve (TV), the right coronary artery (RCA) is at risk of injury during surgical repair. RCA deformation has been reported in 1.7% of the patients after TV surgery, and 0.6% of the post-TV surgery patients may need
Authors
- Satoru Tobinaga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4533-3242)
- Hideo Yasunaga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6017-469X)
- Takanori Kono (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7984-8706)
- Eiji Nakamura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1791-2751)
Institutions
- St Mary's Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Case Reports
- Published
- 2024-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2024-262616
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00