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Impact of tricuspid regurgitation on long-term survival

Jayant Nath, MD^*,*, Elyse Foster, MD, FACC and Paul A. Heidenreich, MD^*

^* Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Palo Alto, USA
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.

View larger version (20K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Kaplan-Meier survival curves for all patients with tricuspid regurgitation (TR). Survival is significantly worse in patients with moderate and severe TR.

View larger version (20K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier survival curves for (A) patients with tricuspid regurgitation (TR) and high pulmonary artery systolic pressure (40 mm Hg) and (B) patients with TR and normal pulmonary artery systolic pressure (<40 mm Hg).

View larger version (24K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Kaplan-Meier survival curve for (A) patients with tricuspid regurgitation (TR) and a low left ventricular ejection fraction (<50%) and (B) patients with TR and a normal left ventricular ejection fraction (50%).