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Right ventricular infarction caused by tricuspid ring annuloplasty

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Injury to the right coronary artery (RCA) is a rare complication of tricuspid annuloplasty. We report a patient who developed right ventricular (RV) infarction, because of tricuspid annuloplasty, and review management options.

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center, Shizuoka City Hospital, 10-93, Ohte-machi, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, 420-8630, Japan

    Yujiro Miura, Yasuhiko Terai, Masanao Nakai, Fumio Yamazaki & Mitsuomi Shimamoto

  2. Department of Cardiology, Heart Center, Shizuoka City Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan

    Ryosuke Takeuchi & Tomoya Onodera

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Miura, Y., Takeuchi, R., Terai, Y. et al. Right ventricular infarction caused by tricuspid ring annuloplasty. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 65, 463–465 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-016-0687-3

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