Staging right heart failure in patients with tricuspid regurgitation undergoing tricuspid surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study evaluated the prognostic value of staging right heart failure in patients with significant tricuspid regurgitation (TR) undergoing tricuspid valve (TV) surgery.

Methods

Patients with significant TR who underwent TV surgery were divided into 4 right heart failure stages according to the presence of right ventricular (RV) dysfunction and clinical signs of right heart failure: stage 1 was defined as no RV dysfunction and no signs of right heart failure; stage 2 indicated RV dysfunction without signs of right heart failure; stage 3 included RV dysfunction and signs of right heart failure; and stage 4 was defined as RV dysfunction and refractory signs of right heart failure at rest.

Results

A total of 278 patients [mean age 64 (12), 49% males] were in

SUBMITTER: Galloo X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9789688 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature