Prospective registry for patients with severe isolated tricuspid regurgitation (TR) without significant left-sided valvular or myocardial diseases. Aim: To evaluate clinical course and prognostic factors of patients with severe isolated TR.
Inclusion criteria Severe isolated TR for more than 6 months Exclusion criteria 1. Severe mitral and aortic valvular heart disease 2. Age equals to or more than 75 years 3. Malignancy or serious comorbidity with life expectancy \< 5years 4. Acute or subacute infective endocarditis requiring antibiotics therapy 5. Untreated hyperthyroidism 6. Constrictive pericarditis 7. Unclosed significant atrial septal defect 8. Previous tricuspid valve surgery 9. Significant coronary artery disease 10. Cardiomyopathy 11. Pregnancy 12. Severe resting pulmonary hypertension(TR Vmax \>4.0 m/s)
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
131
Asan Medical Center
Seoul, South Korea
all cause death
Time frame: 5 years
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Time frame: 5 years
tricuspid valve surgery
Time frame: 5 years
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Time frame: 5 years
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