Tricuspid regurgitation is a public health crisis.
Echocardiography
Tricuspid regurgitation
Journal
Progress in cardiovascular diseases
ISSN: 1873-1740
Titre abrégé: Prog Cardiovasc Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0376442
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
received:
23
10
2019
accepted:
23
10
2019
pubmed:
11
11
2019
medline:
10
3
2020
entrez:
11
11
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) has long been a forgotten valve disease of benign reputation. However, TR deserves higher attention and represents a growing public health crisis. Indeed, recent epidemiological data suggest that 1.6 million US residents are affected by moderate or severe TR. Furthermore, large recent cohorts demonstrate that higher degrees of TR are associated with considerable excess mortality, independent of all background clinical and hemodynamic contexts. Finally, analysis of recent cohorts also shows that >90% of patients with moderate or severe TR are never offered surgical treatment and remain untreated. Therefore, TR is frequent, severely impacts outcomes, and is rarely treated, justifying the development of new strategies and methods for its treatment.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31707061
pii: S0033-0620(19)30134-3
doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2019.10.009
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
447-451Informations de copyright
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