A Case of Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation Mimicking Constrictive Pericarditis / 収縮性心膜炎様の血行動態を呈した重症三尖弁閉鎖不全症の1手術例
- Resource Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Keiji Iwata; Mutsunori Kitahara; Yu Yamada; 北原 睦識; 山田 裕; 岩田 圭司
- Source
- 日本心臓血管外科学会雑誌 / Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery. 2020, 49(1):21
- Subject
- atrial fibrillation
constrictive pericarditis
right heart failure
tricuspid regurgitation
三尖弁閉鎖不全症
収縮性心膜炎
右心不全
心房細動
- Language
- Japanese
- ISSN
- 0285-1474
1883-4108
We report a surgical case of severe tricuspid regurgitation with hemodynamic features mimicking constrictive pericarditis. A catheterization study showed a dip and plateau pattern of right and left ventricular pressure. Intraoperative finding : the pericardium was not adherent to the epicardial wall. The tricuspid regurgitation was successfully repaired by cleft suture and tricuspid annuloplasty. After surgery, the echocardiographic features mimicking constrictive pericarditis were normalized.