Lee Cheul, Lee Chang-Ha, Kwak Jae Gun, Park Chun Soo
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Center, Sejong General Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea.
J Card Surg. 2010 Jul;25(4):410-1. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2010.01039.x. Epub 2010 Apr 28.
Accessory tricuspid valve (TV) tissue is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly with varying clinical and hemodynamic features. We report a rare case of accessory TV tissue causing severe right ventricular outflow tract obstruction (RVOT) in a patient without associated cardiac anomaly. Surgical resection of the isolated accessory TV tissue resulted in complete relief of the RVOT without compromising TV function.