January 1, 2013Circulation JournalOpen Access

Surgical Treatment for Isolated Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis

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Population

33 patients with isolated tricuspid valve endocarditis treated at a single institution in Germany. Key…

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

mean 6.0 ± 4.1 years

Authors

HBHassina BarakiCardiac Surgery SSShunsuke SaitoOsaka Gakuin University AAAmmar Al AhmadUniversity Hospital Magdeburg

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Implication

May support surgical referral for tricuspid endocarditis; extends sparse long-term observational data but leaves optimal strategy open.

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Population

33 patients with isolated tricuspid valve endocarditis (mean age 49, 42% female) treated at a single institution in Germany. Key etiologies included i.v. drug abuse (n=14) and pacemaker infection (n=14).

Intervention

Isolated tricuspid valve surgery (biological replacement n=14, mechanical replacement n=4, reconstruction n=15)

Outcome

Long-term survival and freedom from reoperation at 1, 5, and 10 yearshard clinical

Isolated tricuspid valve surgery for endocarditis yields acceptable long-term survival and freedom from reoperation, independent of the specific surgical procedure.

Limitations

Small number of cases preventing multivariate risk analysis of mortality
Low follow-up rate (83%)
Retrospective design

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Baraki et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8502253b4191c9949ea87e https://doi.org/10.1253/circj.cj-12-1364

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Valvular heart disease

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Surgical Treatment for Isolated Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis

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Surgical Treatment for Isolated Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis

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