Background: The aim of this study was to report the long-term results of the clover and edge-to-edge repair techniques for complex tricuspid regurgitation (TR). Methods: This was a single-center observational study. A competing risks proportional-hazards regression model, using the Fine and Gray model, was performed to analyze the time to TR ≥2+, considering death as a competing risk. Results: A total of 145 consecutive patients (57% female) with severe or moderately severe TR secondary to leaflet prolapse or flail (115 patients), tethering (27 patients), or mixed (3 patients) lesions underwent clover (110 patients) or edge-to-edge repair(35 patients). The TR origin was degenerative in 75% of cases, posttraumatic in 8%, and secondary to dilated cardiomyopathy in 17%. Ring (64%) or suture (31%) annuloplasty was performed in 95% of patients. Concomitant procedures (mainly mitral surgery) were performed in 80% of cases. Hospital death was 5.5%. Follow-up was 98% complete, and median was 15 years (interquartile range, 14-17 years). The 16-year overall survival was 56% ± 5%. Previous cardiac surgery (hazard ratio [HR], 2.83; 95% CI, 1.15-6.93; P = .023) and right ventricular dysfunction (HR, 2.24; 95% CI, 1.01-4.95; P = .046) were identified as predictors of death. The 16-year cumulative incidence function (CIF) of cardiac death with noncardiac death as a competing risk was 19.6%, and previous cardiac surgery (HR, 3.44; 95% CI, 1.23-9.65; P = .019) was detected as the only predictor of the event. At 16 years, the CIF of TR ≥2+ with death as a competing risk was 23.8%. In particular, TR ≥3+ was detected in 4 patients (3%). Conclusions: When TR could not be treated by annuloplasty alone, concomitant leaflet repair with the clover or edge-to-edge technique effectively restored valve competence with very satisfactory long-term results and a low rate of moderate or greater TR recurrence.

Long-term Results of Clover and Edge-to-Edge Leaflet Repair for Complex Tricuspid Regurgitation / Lapenna, Elisabetta; Gramegna, Federica; Del Forno, Benedetto; Scarale, Maria Giovanna; Nonis, Alessandro; Carino, Davide; Ancona, Francesco; Faggi, Alessandro; Schiavi, Davide; Alfieri, Ottavio; Maisano, Francesco; De Bonis, Michele. - In: THE ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY. - ISSN 1552-6259. - 118:5(2024), pp. 1072-1079. [10.1016/j.athoracsur.2024.04.024]

Long-term Results of Clover and Edge-to-Edge Leaflet Repair for Complex Tricuspid Regurgitation

Gramegna, Federica
Secondo
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Scarale, Maria Giovanna;Faggi, Alessandro;Alfieri, Ottavio
Penultimo
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Maisano, Francesco
Co-ultimo
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De Bonis, Michele
Co-ultimo
2024-01-01

Abstract

Background: The aim of this study was to report the long-term results of the clover and edge-to-edge repair techniques for complex tricuspid regurgitation (TR). Methods: This was a single-center observational study. A competing risks proportional-hazards regression model, using the Fine and Gray model, was performed to analyze the time to TR ≥2+, considering death as a competing risk. Results: A total of 145 consecutive patients (57% female) with severe or moderately severe TR secondary to leaflet prolapse or flail (115 patients), tethering (27 patients), or mixed (3 patients) lesions underwent clover (110 patients) or edge-to-edge repair(35 patients). The TR origin was degenerative in 75% of cases, posttraumatic in 8%, and secondary to dilated cardiomyopathy in 17%. Ring (64%) or suture (31%) annuloplasty was performed in 95% of patients. Concomitant procedures (mainly mitral surgery) were performed in 80% of cases. Hospital death was 5.5%. Follow-up was 98% complete, and median was 15 years (interquartile range, 14-17 years). The 16-year overall survival was 56% ± 5%. Previous cardiac surgery (hazard ratio [HR], 2.83; 95% CI, 1.15-6.93; P = .023) and right ventricular dysfunction (HR, 2.24; 95% CI, 1.01-4.95; P = .046) were identified as predictors of death. The 16-year cumulative incidence function (CIF) of cardiac death with noncardiac death as a competing risk was 19.6%, and previous cardiac surgery (HR, 3.44; 95% CI, 1.23-9.65; P = .019) was detected as the only predictor of the event. At 16 years, the CIF of TR ≥2+ with death as a competing risk was 23.8%. In particular, TR ≥3+ was detected in 4 patients (3%). Conclusions: When TR could not be treated by annuloplasty alone, concomitant leaflet repair with the clover or edge-to-edge technique effectively restored valve competence with very satisfactory long-term results and a low rate of moderate or greater TR recurrence.
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