Early failure of tricuspid annuloplasty. Should we repair the tricuspid valve at an earlier stage? The role of right ventricle and tricuspid apparatus.
Antonio Maria CalafioreMassimiliano FoschiHatim KheirallahMojtaba Mohammed AlsaiedJuan J AlfonsoFabrizio TancrediMario F L GaudinoMichele Di MauroPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2019)
Prophylactic TAP should be encouraged among surgeons even earlier than guidelines recommend, and decision-making for the treatment of low-grade FTR at the time of left-sided valve surgery should take into consideration not only annular size but also tethering severity and RV dilatation.
Keyphrases
- mitral valve
- low grade
- aortic valve
- high grade
- decision making
- left ventricular
- aortic stenosis
- minimally invasive
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- coronary artery bypass
- quality improvement
- heart failure
- ejection fraction
- combination therapy
- clinical practice
- acute coronary syndrome
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- replacement therapy
- congenital heart disease