Surgery Does Not Improve Survival in Patients With Isolated Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation

Patients with isolated tricuspid regurgitation (TR) in the absence of left-sided valvular dysfunction are often managed nonoperatively.The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of surgery for isolated TR, comparing survival for isolated severe TR patients who underwent surgery with those who did not.A longitudinal echocardiography database was used to perform a retrospective analysis of 3,276 adult patients with isolated severe TR from...