Concomitant tricuspid regurgitation severity and its secondary reduction determine long-term prognosis after transcatheter mitral valve edge-to-edge repair.

Martin GeyerKarsten KellerKevin BachmannSonja BornAlexander R TammTobias Friedrich RufFelix KreidelOmar HahadAniela PetrescuMichaela HellAndres Beiras-FernandezAngela KornbergerEberhard SchulzThomas MünzelRalph Stephan von Bardeleben

Published in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2021)

In this large study, both, severe TR at baseline as well as missing secondary reduction were predictive for impaired long-term prognosis, especially in patients with FMR etiology. TR reduction was associated with increased symptomatic benefit.

Keyphrases

mitral valve
aortic valve
left atrial
early onset
left ventricular
ejection fraction