Among the Treatment Options for Tricuspid Valve Disease Are Suture

Among the treatment options for tricuspid valve disease are suture annuloplasty,ring annuloplasty,and valve replacement with either a biologic or a mechanical prosthesis.Patients with significant tricuspid stenosis,regurgitation,or failed tricuspid (suture or ring) annuloplasty may require insertion of a prosthetic biologic or mechanical valve.What type of prosthetic graft would be created or implanted?

A) An annuloplasty with a pledgetted suture technique
B) A tricuspid annular permanent dilator
C) A mitral prosthesis
D) An annuloplasty ring