Transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement in patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation

Autor: Fanglin Lu, Yifan Bai, Bailing Li, Guang-Wei Zhou, Xiaohong Liu, Lin Han, Xiangbin Pan, Cheng-Liang Cai, Zhao An, Zhiyun Xu, Anson Cheung, Ye Ma, Fan Qiao, Xu Meng, Jun Wang, Jian Yang, Zhigang Song, Jiafeng Wang, Haibo Zhang, Nian-Guo Dong, Shengshou Hu
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Heart. 107:1664-1670
ISSN: 1468-201X
1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2020-318199
Popis: ObjectiveTricuspid regurgitation (TR) is a common valvular heart disease with unsatisfactory medical therapeutics and high surgical mortality. The present study aims to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR) in high-risk patients with severe TR.MethodsThis was a compassionate multicentre study. Between September 2018 and November 2019, 46 patients with TR who were not suitable for surgery received compassionate TTVR under general anaesthesia and the guidance of trans-oesophageal echocardiography and fluoroscopy in four institutions. Access to the tricuspid valve was obtained via a minimally invasive thoracotomy and transatrial approach. Patients’ data at baseline, before discharge, 30 days and 6 months after the procedure were collected.ResultsAll patients had severe TR with vena contracta width of 12.6 (11.0, 14.5) mm. Procedural success (97.8%) was achieved in all but one case with right ventricle perforation. The procedural time was 150.0 (118.8, 180.0) min. Intensive care unit time was 2.0 (1.0, 4.0) days. 6-month mortality was 17.4%. Device migration occurred in one patient (2.4%) during follow-up. Transthoracic echocardiography at 6 months after operation showed TR was significantly reduced (none/trivial in 33, mild in 4 and moderate in 1) and the primary safety end point was achieved in 38 cases (82.6%). Patients suffered from peripheral oedema and ascites decreased from 100.0% and 47.8% at baseline to 2.6% and 0.0% at 6 months.ConclusionsThe present study showed TTVR was feasible, safe and with low complication rates in patients with severe TR.
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