Key result
Preoperative tricuspid valve tethering distance >0.76 cm predicted residual tricuspid regurgitation after annuloplasty with 86% sensitivity and 80% specificity (P<0.001).
Why the study?
Does preoperative tricuspid valve tethering predict residual tricuspid regurgitation after tricuspid annuloplasty in patients with functional tricuspid regurgitation?
Observational (n=216)
Does preoperative tricuspid valve tethering predict residual tricuspid regurgitation after tricuspid annuloplasty in patients with functional tricuspid regurgitation?
p-value: p=<0.001
Severe preoperative tricuspid valve tethering, but not annular dimension, independently predicts residual tricuspid regurgitation after annuloplasty.
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Tethering distance may identify annuloplasty nonresponders; extends selection criteria beyond annular size in functional TR.
Fukuda et al. (2005) conducted an observational in Functional tricuspid regurgitation (n=216). Tricuspid valve annuloplasty was evaluated on Residual tricuspid regurgitation (p=<0.001). Preoperative tricuspid valve tethering distance >0.76 cm predicted residual tricuspid regurgitation after annuloplasty with 86% sensitivity and 80% specificity (P<0.001).
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