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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Apr 30;101(6):2168–2174. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.03.040

Table 3.

Incidence of tricuspid regurgitation and tricuspid valve treatment strategy at the time of LVAD implantation.

Tricuspid Valve Procedures
TR at time of implant Repair Replacement No Procedure
None 8.4% (212) 2.4% (5) 0% (0) 97.6% (207)
Mild 38.0% (959) 6.8% (65) 0.5% (5) 92.7% (889)
Moderate 28.6% (723) 16.7% (121) 1.2% (9) 82.0% (593)
Severe 10.5% (266) 35.3% (94) 3.0% (8) 61.7% (164)
Unknown 14.5% (367) 13.6% (50) 1.0% (4) 85.3% (313)

LVAD, left ventricular assist device; TR, tricuspid regurgitation.