Haemodynamic Changes after Tricuspid Valve Surgery: A Recatheterization Study in Forty-Five Patients

45 patients who underwent tricuspid valve surgery (42 with associated left heart valvular lesions, 3 with isolated tricuspid valve lesions) with pre-operative marked impairment of cardiac function including cardiomegaly, low physical working capacity, hypokinetic central circulation, elevated right atrial pressure, and pulmonary hypertension.

Tricuspid valve replacement (n=19) or tricuspid annuloplasty (n=26), with concomitant left heart valve correction (prosthetic valve replacement or mitral commissurotomy) in 42 patients.

Comparison between patients with tricuspid valve replacement (n=19), successful tricuspid annuloplasty (n=16), and failed tricuspid annuloplasty with significant tricuspid incompetence (n=10).

Changes in central haemodynamics at rest and during exercise.surrogate