Jul 12, 2010 | Circulation
Response to Letters Regarding Article "Determinants of Surgical...
We thank Drs Raikhelkar and Scurlock for their thoughtful review of our article.1 As pointed out, the pathogenesis of tricuspid regurgitation was functional late after left-sided valve surgery in most of our study subjects, and thus our findings may not be directly applicable in tricuspid regurgitation patients with other organic valve diseases.