Mechanical Tricuspid Valves Have Higher Rate of Reintervention: A Single Center Experience.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We compared the composite outcome of tricuspid valve (TV) reintervention or heart failure (HF) admission in patients who underwent tricuspid valve replacement (TVR) with tissue vs. mechanical valves.

Patients and methods

The study included 159 patients who underwent TVR from 2009 to 2019. We grouped the patients according to the valve's type into tissue valve group (n = 139) and mechanical valve group (n = 20).

Results

The mean age of patients was 52.4 ± 12.8 years, and 117 patients were females (73.6%). Hospital mortality occurred in 20 patients (12.6%); all of them were in the tissue valve group. The composite outcome of reintervention and HF readmission occurred in 8 patients with mechanical valves (40%) vs. 24 patients with tissue valves (17.3%), (P = 0.01

SUBMITTER: Albacker TB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10126767 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature