Isolated tricuspid valve surgery; long-term outcomes based on Tehran Heart Center data bank report.
Seyed Hosssein Ahmadi TaftiFarshid AlaeddiniMahmood ShirzadJamshid BagheriAbbas Salehi OmranMehrdad MahallehShiva ShojaNegar OmidiPublished in: Journal of cardiothoracic surgery (2021)
The result of this single-center study showed that TV replacement is associated with a higher rate of postoperative events and all-cause mortality compared to TV repair. Whereas, repair group had a higher rate of readmission. Therefore, the overwhelming tendency is toward repair; nonetheless, no hesitation is permissible if a replacement is adjudged to confer a better outcome for the patient.