Chiu C K, Nagorney D M, Schaff H V
Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
Ann Thorac Surg. 1998 Nov;66(5):1803-4. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00923-0.
The rare complication of tricuspid valve stenosis due to displacement of a peritoneovenous shunt catheter developed in a patient with Budd-Chiari syndrome. Surgical management included shunt removal and tricuspid valve replacement combined with hepatoatrial anastomosis. The tricuspid valve was replaced with a bioprosthesis, and liver resection opened the stenotic confluence of the hepatic veins. The right atrium was sutured to the liver capsule, thereby restoring physiologic hepatic venous blood flow.