Long-term results of annuloplasty in trivial-to-mild functional tricuspid regurgitation during mitral valve replacement: should we perform annuloplasty on the tricuspid valve or leave it alone? 2018

Jae Woong Choi, and Kyung Hwan Kim, and Hyoung Woo Chang, and Myoung-Jin Jang, and Sue Hyun Kim, and Sang Yoon Yeom, and Ho Young Hwang
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

The benefits of concomitant tricuspid annuloplasty (TAP) for non-significant functional tricuspid regurgitation (TR) during mitral valve replacement (MVR) are controversial. We evaluated the long-term outcomes-particularly the long-term tricuspid valve (TV) functional outcomes-of MVR with or without tricuspid ring annuloplasty. From 2004 to 2014, 256 patients (56.4 ± 12.1 years) with trivial or mild functional TR who underwent MVR were enrolled. Eighty-two patients underwent concomitant tricuspid ring annuloplasty (TAP group), and 174 patients did not undergo the TV procedure (nTAP group). Propensity score-matched analysis was performed (n = 72 in each group). The follow-up duration was 77.4 ± 42.4 months. The early clinical outcomes were similar between the 2 groups before and after propensity score matching with an early mortality rate of 3.5% (9 of 256). No patients experienced ring-related complications during follow-up. Eleven (6.3%) patients developed significant TR (≥moderate) in the nTAP group, while no patients developed significant TR in the TAP group. There were no significant differences in overall survival between the 2 groups before or after matching. However, propensity score-matched analysis revealed that the freedom from significant TR aggravation and freedom from TV-related event rates were significantly higher in the TAP group than in the nTAP group (P = 0.047 and P = 0.043, respectively). Patients with untreated trivial or mild functional TR accompanied by mitral valve disease can develop significant TR during follow-up. TV ring annuloplasty can be performed without complications and can be beneficial for patients with trivial or mild functional TR who are undergoing MVR.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D008943 Mitral Valve The valve between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart. Bicuspid Valve,Bicuspid Valves,Mitral Valves,Valve, Bicuspid,Valve, Mitral,Valves, Bicuspid,Valves, Mitral
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D012720 Severity of Illness Index Levels within a diagnostic group which are established by various measurement criteria applied to the seriousness of a patient's disorder. Illness Index Severities,Illness Index Severity
D014261 Tricuspid Valve The valve consisting of three cusps situated between the right atrium and right ventricle of the heart. Tricuspid Valves,Valve, Tricuspid,Valves, Tricuspid
D014262 Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency Backflow of blood from the RIGHT VENTRICLE into the RIGHT ATRIUM due to imperfect closure of the TRICUSPID VALVE. Tricuspid Incompetence,Tricuspid Regurgitation,Tricuspid Valve Incompetence,Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation,Incompetence, Tricuspid,Incompetence, Tricuspid Valve,Insufficiency, Tricuspid Valve,Regurgitation, Tricuspid,Regurgitation, Tricuspid Valve,Valve Incompetence, Tricuspid,Valve Insufficiency, Tricuspid,Valve Regurgitation, Tricuspid
D016896 Treatment Outcome Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series. Rehabilitation Outcome,Treatment Effectiveness,Clinical Effectiveness,Clinical Efficacy,Patient-Relevant Outcome,Treatment Efficacy,Effectiveness, Clinical,Effectiveness, Treatment,Efficacy, Clinical,Efficacy, Treatment,Outcome, Patient-Relevant,Outcome, Rehabilitation,Outcome, Treatment,Outcomes, Patient-Relevant,Patient Relevant Outcome,Patient-Relevant Outcomes

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