Isolated functional tricuspid regurgitation: how to define patients at risk for event?

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Functional tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is a turning point in cardiac diseases. Symptoms typically appear late. The optimal timing for proposing a valve repair remains a challenge. We sought to analyse the characteristics of right heart remodelling in patients with significant functional TR to identify the parameters that could be used in a simple prognostic model predicting clinical events.

Methods and results

We designed a prospective observational French multicentre study including 160 patients with significant functional TR (effective regurgitant orifice area > 30 mm² ) and left ventricular ejection fraction > 40%. Clinical, echocardiographic, and electrocardiogram data were collected at baseline and at the 1 and 2 year follow-up. The primary outcome was

SUBMITTER: L'Official G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10192508 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature