Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia (Jan 2015)

Which valve is which?

  • Pravin Saxena,
  • Anil Bhan,
  • Rajesh Kumar Sharma,
  • Yatin Mehta

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0971-9784.166477
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 4
pp. 587 – 588

Abstract

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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.