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From: Commissuroplasty for the anterior commissure defect caused by tricuspid valve endocarditis using patch closure and modified placement of a rigid ring

Figure 1

Preoperative transesophageal echocardiogram and gross operative findings. A. The tricuspid valve had prolapsed leaflets with coaptation failure and a mobile mass of 2.4 cm × 0.8 cm (white arrow) attached to the ventricular septum under the valve. B. An abscess lump (white arrow) was attached to ventricular septum; it was just at the base of the disrupted medial papillary muscle. (AV = aortic valve; RA = right atrium; RV = right ventricle).

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