My husband had a mechanicle valve and pacemaker June 2004- had a couple of blackouts 2005- defibrillator w/pacemaker and pulsing sensor fall of 2005-had suggested right vent.displa.-no blackouts since...but breathing seems difficult rather easily...is this common?
Hi Ernie,
Sorry to this -- she is very young to have open heart surgery.
Tricuspid valves very rarely need replacment -- it must have been pretty leaky. We do not do a lot of sole tricuspid valve replacements. There are usually other valves that need repairing, although I have seen a few. The short and long term prognosis depends on the condition of her right ventricle before and after surgery as well as how successful the valve replacement was.
There are too many variables to predict the success without seeing the studies. I hope this helps. Thanks for posting.