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Severe tricuspid regurgitation<br />

The American College of Cardiology and American Heart<br />

Association guidelines recommend repair of all valves<br />

with severe tricuspid regurgitation in patients undergoing<br />

mitral valve surgery<br />

ACC/ AHA 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart<br />

disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart<br />

Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (writing committee to revise the<br />

1998 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease),<br />

Circulation 2006, 114:E84–E231.<br />

Despite this<br />

Most authorities would now recommend repairing the<br />

tricuspid valve in any patient with a less than severe<br />

tricuspid regurgitation undergoing any heart operation<br />

But this postulate is not completely correct too. Why?

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