Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation Immediately After Heart Transplant and Long-Term Outcomes

Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation after Orthotopic Heart Transplantation: Prevalence and Etiology

Background. Tricuspid valve regurgitation (TR) after orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) is common. The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of TR after OHT, to examine the correlation between its development and various variables, and to determine its outcomes. Methods. All 163 OHT patients who were followed up between 1988 and 2009 for a minimal period of 12 months were divi...

Long-term outcomes of tricuspid valve replacement after previous left-side heart surgery.

OBJECTIVES To assess long-term outcomes of tricuspid valve replacement (TVR) after previous left-side heart surgery. METHODS We reviewed reoperative TVR after left-side heart surgery performed at our institution between March 1997 and June 2012. In-hospital data were retrieved from our institutional database or medical records; follow-up was performed through telephone call, surviving patient...

Tricuspid valve regurgitation induced by endomyocardial biopsy after heart transplantation.

Tricuspid valve tethering predicts residual tricuspid regurgitation after tricuspid annuloplasty.

BACKGROUND Tricuspid valve (TV) annuloplasty is recommended for functional tricuspid regurgitation (TR), which is caused by TV annulus dilatation and tethering of the leaflets. However, the impact of TV deformations on the outcome of TV annuloplasty remains unknown. The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between preoperative TV deformation and residual TR after TV annuloplas...

Traumatic tricuspid regurgitation. Long-term survival.

Three case histories of patients with isolated traumatic tricuspid regurgitation are reported. Clinical features are compared and contrasted to the I3 cases previously reported. The benign nature of the lesion is emphasized by the long-term follow-up periods of 39, I3, and 31 years respectively. The presence of a normal systolic pressure in the right ventricle may be one reason why isolated sev...