作者
Alessandra Sala, Roberto Lorusso, Marta Bargagna, Stefania Ruggeri, Nicola Buzzatti, Mara Scandroglio, Fabrizio Monaco, Eustachio Agricola, Andrea Giacomini, Davide Carino, Roberta Meneghin, Davide Schiavi, Elisabetta Lapenna, Paolo Denti, Andrea Blasio, Ottavio Alfieri, Alessandro Castiglioni, Michele De Bonis
发表日期
2021/9
期刊
Journal of Cardiac Surgery
卷号
36
期号
9
页码范围
3092-3099
简介
Background
This study aims at better defining the profile of patients with a complicated versus noncomplicated postoperative course following isolated tricuspid valve (TV) surgery to identify predictors of a favorable/unfavorable hospital outcome.
Methods
All patients treated with isolated tricuspid surgery from March 1997 to January 2020 at our institution were retrospectively reviewed. Considering the complexity of most of these patients, a regular postoperative course was arbitrarily defined as a length‐of‐stay in intensive care unit less than 4 days and/or postoperative length‐of‐stay less than 10days. Patients were therefore divided accordingly in two groups.
Results
One hundred and seventy‐two patients were considered, among whom 97 (56.3%) had a regular (REG) and 75 (43.6%) a non‐regular (NEG) postoperative course. The latter had worse baseline clinical and echocardiographic characteristics, with …
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