Purpose: This study aimed to examine the risk factors for severe postoperative tricuspid regurgitation (TR) in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery. We also studied the effects of prophylactic tricuspid valve repair (TVR) on severe postoperative TR.
Methods: We retrospectively studied 125 patients without severe TR who underwent mitral valve surgery from 1987 to 2006. Patients did not undergo TVR before 1998 (the early period, n = 54). In 1998 (the late period, n = 71), patients with a preoperative tricuspid annular diameter of ≥35 mm underwent TVR using an annuloplasty ring (n = 52).
Results: In the analysis of the early period, the rates of freedom from severe TR at 10 and 20 years after surgery were 76 and 59 %, respectively. A multivariate analysis identified moderate preoperative TR as a significant risk factor for severe TR. In the late period, none of the 52 patients who underwent TVR developed severe TR. However, 4/19 patients who did not undergo TVR developed severe TR, and all of these four patients had a preoperative tricuspid annular diameter of ≤35 mm.
Conclusions: Moderate preoperative TR is a significant risk factor for severe postoperative TR in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery. The aggressive application of TVR can prevent severe postoperative TR; however, tricuspid annular dilatation might not be a good indicator for TVR.
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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
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Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Korea University Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic impact of permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation within the first year after mitral valve (MV) surgery combined with the Cox-maze procedure, focusing on long-term outcomes, including overall mortality, infective endocarditis (IE), and ischaemic stroke.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using data from the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) in South Korea, identifying 10,127 patients who underwent MV surgery with the Cox-maze procedure between 2005 and 2020. Patients were classified into the PPM and non-PPM groups based on PPM implantation within one year postoperatively.
Echocardiography
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ministry of Health, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
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BMJ Case Rep
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Cardiology, East Cheshire NHS Trust, Macclesfield, UK.
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January 2025
Department of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Background And Aims: The association between periprocedural change in tricuspid regurgitation (TR) and outcomes in patients undergoing mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER) is unclear. This study aimed to examine the prognostic value of TR before and after M-TEER.
Methods: Patients in the OCEAN-Mitral registry were divided into four groups according to baseline and post-procedure echocardiographic assessments: no TR/no TR (no TR), no TR/significant TR (new-onset TR), significant TR/no TR (normalized TR), and significant TR/significant TR (residual TR) (all represents before/after M-TEER).
Circ Cardiovasc Interv
January 2025
Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (G.A.).
Background: The association, if any, between the transmitral mean pressure gradient (TMPG) after mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair and 1-year mortality is controversial in patients undergoing mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair with the MitraClip system. We sought to estimate the association between intraoperatively measured residual mitral regurgitation (rMR) and TMPG and 1-year mortality among patients undergoing mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair to facilitate decisions on additional devices.
Methods: In patients with severe secondary (functional) MR, we analyzed registry data using generalized estimating equations.
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