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Title: | Tricuspid annuloplasty concomitant with left-sided cardiac surgery induces right ventricular remodeling | Authors: | BERTRAND, Philippe Koppers, Gille VERBRUGGE, Frederik MULLENS, Wilfried Reyskens, Rozette GUTERMANN, Herbert VAN KERREBROECK, Christiaan DION, Robert VANDERVOORT, Pieter Verhaert, David |
Issue Date: | 2013 | Publisher: | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC | Source: | JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 61 (10), p. E2001 | Abstract: | Background: Tricuspid valve annuloplasty (TVP) has been advocated concomitantly with complex left-sided cardiac surgery in case of severe functional tricuspid regurgitation (TR) or isolated tricuspid annular dilatation (TAD, diameter > 4,0cm or 2,1cm/m2) in the absence of TR. Data on postoperative right ventricular (RV) remodeling are lacking in these patients. Methods: Pre- and postoperative echocardiographical data from 45 consecutive TVP procedures performed during left-sided cardiac surgery (mainly mitral valve) in a tertiary surgical center were retrospectively analyzed and compared to a contemporary control group of 33 procedures without concomitant TVP. Changes in RV function and geometry were analyzed by measuring RV size, fractional area change and RV end-diastolic sphericity index (RVSI=long-axis length/short-axis width) at baseline and follow-up. Results: At 4,5 months follow-up, a significant beneficial increase in RVSI was observed in TVP patients (figure 1), whereas the opposite was seen in the control group. Indexed RV end-diastolic area increased significantly only in the control group, likely due to ongoing adverse remodeling. Postoperative RV fractional area change declined non-significantly in both groups. Conclusions: Adding TVP to left-sided cardiac surgery in patients with severe TR or isolated TAD leads to favorable changes in RV geometry and prevents ongoing postoperative RV dilation. Adding TVP to complex left-sided surgery has no adverse effect on RV function. | Notes: | Hosp Oost Limburg, Genk, Belgium. Hasselt Univ, Fac Med & Life Sci, Hasselt, Belgium. | Keywords: | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/15116 | ISSN: | 0735-1097 | e-ISSN: | 1558-3597 | DOI: | 10.1016/S0735-1097(13)62001-X | ISI #: | 000316555202205 | Category: | M | Type: | Journal Contribution |
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