PMID- 11016312
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20001017
LR  - 20190628
IS  - 0003-4975 (Print)
IS  - 0003-4975 (Linking)
VI  - 70
IP  - 3
DP  - 2000 Sep
TI  - Long-term follow-up after Carpentier-Edwards ring annuloplasty for tricuspid 
      regurgitation.
PG  - 796-9
AB  - BACKGROUND: Use of flexible rings for tricuspid ring annuloplasty is becoming 
      popular. This study was undertaken to evaluate Carpentier-Edwards (C-E) rigid 
      ring annuloplasty for tricuspid regurgitation (TR), secondary to mitral valve 
      disease and clinical outcome on a long-term basis. METHODS: From December 1985 to 
      March 1996, 45 patients with secondary TR underwent C-E ring annuloplasty. 
      Thirty-nine patients (95.1%) were in New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional 
      class III or IV. The mean follow-up was 96.7+/-48.5 months or 362.6 
      patient-years. RESULTS: There were three in-hospital and nine late deaths that 
      were not related to tricuspid annuloplasty. Actuarial survival at 10 years was 
      68.3%. Echocardiographic studies showed that TR was well controlled within grade 
      2+ in all survivors. Residual pulmonary hypertension (PH) was recognized in 9 of 
      21 patients (42.9%) with preoperative PH, however, no TR was seen in 6 patients. 
      A TR grade of 2+ was observed in 3 patients. Thirty of the total survivors 
      (96.8%) were in NYHA class I and II, but 1 patient was in NYHA class III. The 
      actuarial rate of freedom from tricuspid valve reoperation after 10 years was 
      97.5%. CONCLUSIONS: C-E ring annuloplasty is acceptable for repair of secondary 
      TR and improvement in clinical status on a long-term basis.
FAU - Onoda, K
AU  - Onoda K
AD  - Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Mie University School of 
      Medicine, Tsu, Japan. k-onoda@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp
FAU - Yasuda, F
AU  - Yasuda F
FAU - Takao, M
AU  - Takao M
FAU - Shimono, T
AU  - Shimono T
FAU - Tanaka, K
AU  - Tanaka K
FAU - Shimpo, H
AU  - Shimpo H
FAU - Yada, I
AU  - Yada I
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Ann Thorac Surg
JT  - The Annals of thoracic surgery
JID - 15030100R
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Cause of Death
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Heart Valve Diseases/complications
MH  - *Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation/mortality
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Mitral Valve
MH  - Treatment Outcome
MH  - Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency/*surgery
EDAT- 2000/10/04 11:00
MHDA- 2000/10/21 11:01
CRDT- 2000/10/04 11:00
PHST- 2000/10/04 11:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2000/10/21 11:01 [medline]
PHST- 2000/10/04 11:00 [entrez]
AID - S0003-4975(00)01681-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0003-4975(00)01681-7 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ann Thorac Surg. 2000 Sep;70(3):796-9. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(00)01681-7.