Tricuspid regurgitation in elderly patients with acute heart failure: insights from the KCHF registry.
Yuki ObayashiTakao KatoHidenori YakuTakeshi MorimotoYuta SekoYasutaka InuzukaYodo TamakiErika YamamotoYusuke YoshikawaTakeshi KitaiRyoji TaniguchiMoritake IguchiMasashi KatoMamoru TakahashiToshikazu JinnaiTomoyuki IkedaKazuya NagaoTakafumi KawaiAkihiro KomasaRyusuke NishikawaYuichi KawaseTakashi MorinagaKanae SuMitsunori KawatoMoriaki InokoMamoru ToyofukuYutaka FurukawaYoshihisa NakagawaKenji AndoKazushige KadotaSatoshi ShizutaKoh OnoYukihito SatoKoichiro KuwaharaNeiko OzasaTakeshi Kimuranull nullPublished in: ESC heart failure (2023)
In a large Japanese AHF population, the grades of TR could successfully stratify the risk of all-cause death. However, the association of TR with mortality was only modest and attenuated in patients aged 80 or more. Further research is warranted to evaluate how to follow up and manage TR in this elderly population.