Morphological diversity of the tricuspid posterior leaflet affects surgical complexity for control of tricuspid regurgitation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We investigated the effect of morphological diversity of the tricuspid valve with multiple posterior leaflets on the technical outcomes of tricuspid valve repair.

Methods

From April 2016 to November 2020, 141 patients were diagnosed with secondary tricuspid regurgitation associated with left heart disease and underwent tricuspid valve repair. We retrospectively analyzed the clinical and echocardiographic data of patients who underwent both preoperative and postoperative transthoracic echocardiography. We divided the patients into two groups according to the surgical technique used to treat tricuspid regurgitation: ring annuloplasty alone (Group 1, n = 109) or additional approximation of leaflet edges (edge-to-edge repair) with ring annuloplasty (Group 2, n = 32). W

SUBMITTER: Kawase T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8848647 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature