Prospective Registry of Patients With Isolated Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation

Prospective registry for patients with severe isolated tricuspid regurgitation (TR) without significant left-sided valvular or myocardial diseases.

Aim: To evaluate clinical course and prognostic factors of patients with severe isolated TR.

Inclusion criteria Severe isolated TR for more than 6 months

Exclusion criteria

1. Severe mitral and aortic valvular heart disease
2. Age equals to or more than 75 years
3. Malignancy or serious comorbidity with life expectancy < 5years
4. Acute or subacute infective endocarditis requiring antibiotics therapy
5. Untreated hyperthyroidism
6. Constrictive pericarditis
7. Unclosed significant atrial septal defect
8. Previous tricuspid valve surgery
9. Significant coronary artery disease
10. Cardiomyopathy
11. Pregnancy
12. Severe resting pulmonary hypertension(TR Vmax >4.0 m/s)

Inclusion criteria

• Severe isolated TR for more than 6 months

Exclusion criteria

1. Severe mitral and aortic valvular heart disease
2. Age equals to or more than 75 years
3. Malignancy or serious comorbidity with life expectancy < 5years
4. Acute or subacute infective endocarditis requiring antibiotics therapy
5. Untreated hyperthyroidism
6. Constrictive pericarditis
7. Unclosed significant atrial septal defect
8. Previous tricuspid valve surgery
9. Significant coronary artery disease
10. Cardiomyopathy
11. Pregnancy
12. Severe resting pulmonary hypertension(TR Vmax >4.0 m/s)