Assessment of functional tricuspid regurgitation
Key result
A review of functional tricuspid regurgitation highlights the need for appropriate diagnosis and timely surgical intervention, proposing an algorithm for patient selection.
Population
Patients with functional tricuspid regurgitation (FTR)
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Emphasizes timely intervention for functional tricuspid regurgitation; leaves open prospective validation of the proposed algorithm.
Structured PICO
P
Population
Patients with functional tricuspid regurgitation (FTR)
I
Intervention
Assessment by Doppler echocardiography and surgical treatment (tricuspid valve repair or replacement)
This review provides an overview of functional tricuspid regurgitation assessment and proposes an algorithm for appropriate patient selection and timing for surgical intervention.
Cite This Study
Badano et al. (2013) conducted a review in Functional tricuspid regurgitation. A review of functional tricuspid regurgitation highlights the need for appropriate diagnosis and timely surgical intervention, proposing an algorithm for patient selection.