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    Isolated Tricuspid Valve Repair for Libman-Sacks Endocarditis
    (Wiley-blackwell, 2014) Gur, Ali Kemal; Odabasi, Dolunay; Kunt, Ayse Gul; Kunt, Alper Sami
    Cardiac involvement is a well-known complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), which can involve most cardiac components, including pericardium, conduction system, myocardium, heart valves, and coronary arteries. Libman-Sacks (verrucous) endocarditis is the characteristic cardiac valvular manifestation. Although isolated tricuspid valve involvement is quite rare, we report a patient with SLE who had tricuspid stenosis caused by Libman-Sacks endocarditis. The patient underwent successful commisurotomy and Kay annuloplasty on the tricuspid valve under cardiopulmonary bypass.