Proposal for a Standard Echocardiographic Tricuspid Valve Nomenclature. 2021

Rebecca T Hahn, and Ludwig T Weckbach, and Thilo Noack, and Nadira Hamid, and Mitsunobu Kitamura, and Richard Bae, and Philipp Lurz, and Susheel K Kodali, and Paul Sorajja, and Jörg Hausleiter, and Michael Nabauer
New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA. Electronic address: rth2@columbia.edu.

The purpose of this study was to introduce a novel clinically relevant nomenclature system for the TV and determine the relative incidence of each morphological type. With the rapid development of transcatheter tricuspid valve (TV) repair techniques, there is a growing recognition of the variability in leaflet morphology and a need for a unified nomenclature, which could aid in procedural planning and execution. Patients from 4 medical centers (2 in Europe, 2 in the United States) referred for transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) to assess native TV function, were retrospectively analyzed for leaflet morphology with the use of a novel classification scheme. Four morphological types were identified: type I, 3 leaflets; type II, 2 leaflets; type IIIA, 4 leaflets with 2 anterior; type IIIB, 4 leaflets with 2 posterior; type IIIC, 4 leaflets with 2 septal; and type IV, >4 leaflets. A total of 579 patients were analyzed: mean age 78.1 ± 8.0 years, 50.4% female, 70.9% in atrial fibrillation, and 32.2% with previous left heart surgery or transcatheter intervention. Tricuspid regurgitation was moderate or less in 9.4%, severe in 40.5%, massive in 32.3%, and torrential in 17.7%. The etiology of tricuspid regurgitation was primary in 9.4%, mixed in 10.8%, and secondary in all of the other patients (18.6% atriogenic/isolated). The incidence of type I morphology was 312 of 579 (53.9%), type II was 26 of 579 (4.5%), type IIIA was 15 of 579 (2.6%), type IIIB was 186 of 579 (32.1%), type IIIC was 22 of 579 (3.8%), and type IV was 14 of 579 (2.4%). A novel TV leaflet nomenclature classification scheme can be used to identify 4 types of TV morphologies with the use of TEE imaging. From this multinational retrospective study, the TV has 3 well defined leaflets in only ∼54% of patients and 4 functional leaflets in ∼39% of patients, with type IIIB (2 posterior leaflets) being the most common of the latter. The utility of this classification scheme deserves further study.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D011237 Predictive Value of Tests In screening and diagnostic tests, the probability that a person with a positive test is a true positive (i.e., has the disease), is referred to as the predictive value of a positive test; whereas, the predictive value of a negative test is the probability that the person with a negative test does not have the disease. Predictive value is related to the sensitivity and specificity of the test. Negative Predictive Value,Positive Predictive Value,Predictive Value Of Test,Predictive Values Of Tests,Negative Predictive Values,Positive Predictive Values,Predictive Value, Negative,Predictive Value, Positive
D004452 Echocardiography Ultrasonic recording of the size, motion, and composition of the heart and surrounding tissues. The standard approach is transthoracic. Echocardiography, Contrast,Echocardiography, Cross-Sectional,Echocardiography, M-Mode,Echocardiography, Transthoracic,Echocardiography, Two-Dimensional,Transthoracic Echocardiography,2-D Echocardiography,2D Echocardiography,Contrast Echocardiography,Cross-Sectional Echocardiography,Echocardiography, 2-D,Echocardiography, 2D,M-Mode Echocardiography,Two-Dimensional Echocardiography,2 D Echocardiography,Cross Sectional Echocardiography,Echocardiography, 2 D,Echocardiography, Cross Sectional,Echocardiography, M Mode,Echocardiography, Two Dimensional,M Mode Echocardiography,Two Dimensional Echocardiography
D005060 Europe The continent north of AFRICA, west of ASIA and east of the ATLANTIC OCEAN. Northern Europe,Southern Europe,Western Europe
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000369 Aged, 80 and over Persons 80 years of age and older. Oldest Old
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
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

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