Clinical and hemodynamic influences of prophylactic tricuspid annuloplasty in mechanical mitral valve replacement Heemoon Lee, MD, Kiick Sung, MD, PhD, Wook Sung Kim, MD, PhD, Young Tak Lee, MD, PhD, Sung-Ji Park, MD, PhD, Keumhee Chough Carriere, PhD, Pyo Won Park, MD, PhD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 151, Issue 3, Pages 788-795 (March 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.10.104 Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Flow diagram of patients enrollment criteria for the study. MVR, Mitral valve replacement; TR, tricuspid regurgitation; IE, infective endocarditis; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; TAP, tricuspid annuloplasty. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 151, 788-795DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.10.104) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier curves of the matched tricuspid annuloplasty (TAP) and no TAP group with appropriately colored 95% confidence curves. A, Cardiac-related mortality. B, Late moderate-or-greater TR. TR, Tricuspid regurgitation; F/U, follow-up. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 151, 788-795DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.10.104) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Kaplan-Meier curves for late moderate-or greater tricuspid regurgitation (TR) of the matched tricuspid annuloplasty (TAP) and no TAP groups according to postoperative atrial fibrillation and sinus rhythm with appropriately colored 95% confidence curves. A, Late moderate-or-greater TR in postoperative atrial fibrillation. B, Late moderate-or-greater TR in postoperative sinus rhythm. F/U, follow-up. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 151, 788-795DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.10.104) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 The serial changes of the proportion of preoperative, postoperative (at discharge) and last follow-up (more than 5 years) tricuspid regurgitation (TR) grade in each group. TAP, Tricuspid annuloplasty. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 151, 788-795DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.10.104) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Kaplan-Meier curves for moderate-or-greater late tricuspid regurgitation (TR) in the matched TAP and no TAP groups. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 151, 788-795DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.10.104) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions