Key result
Tricuspid valve intervention addresses severe tricuspid regurgitation after heart transplantation.
Why the study?
Severe tricuspid regurgitation is not uncommon after heart transplantation and can lead to gradual right ventricular function deterioration, motivating an assessment of outcomes after tricuspid valve intervention.
Observational
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Severe TR post-transplant requires mechanism-specific evaluation; leaves open optimal RV-protective strategies pending prospective data.
Purpose: Severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is not uncommon after heart transplantation, many of the mechanisms resulting in severe TR may be due to high pulmonary artery pressures (high pressure TR), abnormalities of the tricuspid valve (low pressure TR), or complications of endomyocardial biopsy. Moreover, there are times when the right ventricle annulus dilates thereby preventing proper coaptation of the tricuspid valve leaflets. In these cases, RV function can gradually deteriorate. We reviewed our cases to assess outcomes of tricuspid valve intervention.
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Kittleson et al. (2025) conducted an observational in Severe tricuspid regurgitation after heart transplantation. Tricuspid valve intervention was evaluated on Outcomes of tricuspid valve intervention. Tricuspid valve intervention was reviewed in patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation after heart transplantation; no quantitative results are reported in the abstract.
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