Key result
Endoscopic tricuspid surgery achieves no or mild TR in ~90% of patients at medium-term follow-up.
Why the study?
Traditional open surgery for tricuspid regurgitation carries trauma and risk of sternal complications, making the evaluation of less invasive endoscopic surgery needed.
Does endoscopic surgery improve tricuspid regurgitation in patients with tricuspid valve disease?
Cross-Sectional (n=42)
No
Does endoscopic surgery improve tricuspid regurgitation in patients with tricuspid valve disease?
Endoscopic surgery for tricuspid valve disease demonstrates good early and medium-term outcomes with a high rate of none/mild regurgitation and low mortality.
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Supports endoscopic tricuspid surgery in selected patients; leaves open need for RCTs versus sternotomy.
Background. Tricuspid regurgitation is one of the most common heart valve diseases, affecting 65-85% of the population. Primary tricuspid regurgitation has causes in the tricuspid valve including rheumatic, degenerative, congenital, infectious, etc. Secondary tricuspid regurgitation is more common, associated with right ventricular dysfunction, dilated annulus. valves, often secondary to left-sided valve disease (especially mitral valve disease), atrial fibrillation, and pulmonary hypertension. Traditional sternal open surgery has the advantage of being spacious and convenient for technical manipulations, but the method still has many traumas and risks of sternum inflammation. Endoscopic surgery avoids opening the sternum with the advantages of minimizing trauma, eliminating sternitis, being more aesthetic is becoming a trend and is increasingly applied in cardiovascular surgery. Aims: Evaluation of early and medium-term results of endoscopic surgery for tricuspid valve disease at cardiovascular center, E Hospital Method. Cross-sectional descriptive study, data were collected retrospectively and prospectively Result. From January 2020 to December 2021, we studied 42 patients undergoing endoscopic surgery for tricuspid valve disease, including 13 men (31%), 29 women (69%). Average age is 53.98±12.51 years. The number of patients with tricuspid valve repair and mitral valve replacement surgery was 34 patients, the number of patients with tricuspid valve repair after mitral valve replacement surgery was 4 patients, there were 2 patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation due to infective endocarditis . There was 1 patient with tricuspid valve repair combined with atrial septal defect patching. Immediately after surgery, the proportion of patients with no regurgitation or mild regurgitation of the tricuspid valve was 35 patients (83.3%), moderate regurgitation had 6 patients (14.3%), severe regurgitation had 1 patient (2.4%) ), 41 patients (97.6%) were discharged from hospital, 1 patient (2.4%) died early after surgery. The longest follow-up time was 17 months, the shortest was 6 months, the results were no longer tricuspid regurgitation or mild regurgitation in 37 patients (90.2%), moderate regurgitation in 4 patients (9.8%), there aren’t patients with severe regurgitation of the tricuspid valve or late death. Conclusion. Endoscopic surgery for the treatment of tricuspid valve disease has good results, aesthetics, few complications.
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Thuy et al. (2022) conducted a cross-sectional in Tricuspid valve disease (n=42). Endoscopic surgery was evaluated on Proportion of patients with no or mild tricuspid regurgitation at medium-term follow-up. Endoscopic surgery for tricuspid valve disease resulted in 90.2% of patients having no or mild regurgitation at 6 to 17 months follow-up, with a 2.4% early mortality rate.
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