Carpentier-Edwards Classic Tricuspid Annuloplasty Ring

• Solid titanium core provides strength and durability.
• Polyester knit sewing ring facilitates tissue ingrowth, helps to anchor ring and minimizes the risk of dehiscence.
• The kidney-shaped mitral ring remodels the annulus by providing the anteroposterior and transverse diameters of a normal mitral valve for optimal hemodynamic performance.
• The oval tricuspid ring conforms to the configuration of the normal tricuspid orifice and has an opening in the anteroseptal commissure that allows surgeons to avoid sutures in the area of the Bundle of His.
• Also offered with Edwards Duraflo treatment.

Partially reversible tricuspid insufficiencies should be explored and the orifice measured using sizers; if the area of the orifice is significantly larger than the size 32 sizer in women, size 34 in men, or if organic lesions of the leaflets are present, the insufficiency should be corrected.