The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Pages 289-293 , March 2006

Optimal Surgical Management of Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation in Cardiac Transplant Patients

  • Farzan Filsoufi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Farzan Filsoufi, MD, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 1190 Fifth Avenue, Box 1028, New York, NY 10029. Telephone: 212-659-6800. Fax: 212-659-6818
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  • Sacha P. Salzberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York
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  • Curtis A. Anderson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Gregory S. Couper, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Lawrence H. Cohn, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • David H. Adams, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York

Received 22 January 2004 ,Revised 3 August 2005 ,Accepted 11 September 2005.

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PII: S1053-2498(05)00698-4

doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2005.09.013

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Pages 289-293 , March 2006

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