Mayo Clinic physicians have made important scientific contributions related to tricuspid valve disease and surgery. The references below are recent Mayo Clinic publications related to tricuspid Valve disease.
Messika-Zeitoun D, Thomson H, Bellamy M, Scott C, Tribouilloy T, Dearani J, Tajik AJ, Schaff H, Enriquez-Sarano M. Medical and surgical outcome of tricuspid regurgitation caused by flail leaflets.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004; 128:296-302. [Abstract]
Tribouilloy CM, Enriquez-Sarano M, Capps MA, Bailey KR, Tajik AJ. Contrasting effect of similar effective regurgitant orifice area in mitral and tricuspid regurgitation: A quantitative Doppler echocardiographic study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2002 Sep; 15(9):958-65. [Abstract]
Tribouilloy CM, Enriquez-Sarano M, Bailey KR, Tajik AJ, Seward JB. Quantification of tricuspid regurgitation by measuring the width of the vena contracts with Doppler color flow imaging: a clinical study. J Am Coll Cardiol 2000 Aug; 36(2):472-478. [Abstract]