Figure 2:

TR severity by timepoint. This graph demonstrates the percentage of all patients in each group experiencing none, mild, moderate, or severe TR at the pre-operative, intra-operative post-LVAD, 1-week post-LVAD, and 3–6-month post-LVAD timepoints. There was immediate improvement in TR to none or mild grade in the TVS group that lasts up to 6-months post-surgery, whereas most subjects in the No TVS group continued to experience moderate or severe TR.