Male–female differences in characteristics and early outcomes of patients undergoing tricuspid valve surgery: A national cohort study in the Netherlands
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Dec 08, 2018
Veen KM, et al. - Researchers analyzed all tricuspid valve (TV) procedures registered between 2007 and 2016 in the database of the Netherlands Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery to explore male–female differences in baseline and procedural characteristics, and outcomes. The TVrepair group had females who were significantly older, had less prior percutaneous/surgical coronary interventions, less extracardiac arteriopathies, a lower prevalence of renal impairment, less endocarditis, a lower prevalence of preoperative critical condition, less recent myocardial infarction, less concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and, in case of concomitant mitral valve surgery, less concomitant mitral valve repair compared to males. In the TVreplacement group, a history of prior valve surgery and less prior CABG was more frequent in females. Further, a significant interaction was noted between sex and the parameter ‘critical preoperative condition’
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