Association of longitudinal left atrial strain with mortality after tricuspid valve surgery.

Jeong Hun Seo Ilkun Park Sung Ji Park Dong Seop JungMinjung BakJihoon Kim Eun Kyoung Kim Sung-A Chang Su Ryeun Chung Kiick Sung Sang Chol Lee Seung Woo Park

Published in: ESC heart failure (2022)

A reduction in PALS was significantly associated with all-cause mortality in our cohort of patients with severe functional TR who underwent TV surgery. This phenomenon is related to refractory AF and more aggressive intervention for AF is necessary concomitant with TV surgery.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
left atrial
coronary artery bypass
mitral valve
atrial fibrillation
aortic valve
surgical site infection
randomized controlled trial
left ventricular
heart failure
coronary artery disease
ejection fraction