Clinical follow-up at half a year after transcatheter tricuspid valve

Abstract

Abstract Approximately 80% of significant tricuspid valve regurgitation cases are secondary as a result of left ventricular dysfunction or serious mitral valve disease, which causes pulmonary hypertension, and right ventricular dysfunction[1]. In South Asia, most cardiac surgeons usually take a conservative treatment for secondary tricuspid valve disease or had a secondary thoracotomy operation. These reasons for choose conservative treatment or secondary thoracotomy operation of the secondary tricuspid valve disease are: 1. Most doctors considered that the progression of aggravation of tricuspid valve disease was comparatively slow, so the long-term benefit of the surgical therapy of tricuspid valve lesions was underestimated. 2. It is commonly believed that the secondary tricuspid insufficiency can be gradually remitted after left heart valve surgery. 3. Most cardiac surgeons choose secondary thoracotomy operation because it is more effective in solving secondary tricuspid valve and has better long-term benefits for patients, but the surgical trauma of secondary thoracotomy operation should also be considered. In the case, we hoped to provide some new ideas for surgical plan and postoperative review of secondary tricuspid valve disease.