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ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY
Volume 98, Issue 6, Pages 2255-2263Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.06.100
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We performed a meta-analysis of early and long-term outcomes after tricuspid repair to compare the results of suture-based and prosthetic ring annuloplasty with the employment of an algorithm that derives the original patient time-to-event data. There was an advantage in early but not in long-term survival with the use of the annuloplasty ring. The freedom from moderate tricuspid regurgitation was significantly better in patients with ring annuloplasty (78.9% +/- 5.0% at 15 years vs 60.0% +/- 4.2%, log-rank p = 0.0107). The ring annuloplasty is associated to better outcomes, being a protective factor for early mortality and long-term recurrence of tricuspid regurgitation after surgery. (C) 2014 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
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