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. 2019 Nov;8(6):610–620. doi: 10.21037/acs.2019.11.06

Table S1. Characteristics and quality assessment of studies included.

Title Authors Year published Journal Study years Study type Newcastle-Ottawa Scale
Valvectomy versus replacement for the surgical treatment of tricuspid endocarditis (13) Protos et al. 2018 Ann Thorac Surg 2012–2016 Retrospective 5
Isolated Tricuspid Valvectomy: A Series of cases with Intravenous Drug Abuse Associated Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis (20) Bin Mahmood et al. 2018 Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009–2017 Retrospective 6
Bioprosthetic tricuspid valve replacement for tricuspid valve endocarditis secondary to infected endocardial pacemaker leads (21) Xu et al. 2017 J Card Surg 2001–2015 Case series 6
Surgical and Medical Management of Isolated Tricuspid Valve Infective Endocarditis in Intravenous Drug Users (22) Shetty et al. 2016 J Card Surg 2008–2011 Retrospective 8
Contemporary outcomes of operations for tricuspid valve infective endocarditis (23) Dawood et al. 2015 Ann Thorac Surg 2002–2012 Retrospective 5
Isolated tricuspid valve infective endocarditis in young drug abusers (24) Furat et al. 2014 Ther Adv Cardiovasc Dis 2014 Case Series 5
Current Outcomes for Tricuspid Valve Infective Endocarditis Surgery in North America (25) Gaca et al. 2013 Ann Thorac Surg 2002–2009 Retrospective 5
Surgical treatment for isolated tricuspid valve endocarditis (17) Baraki et al. 2013 Circ J 1996–2012 Retrospective 6
Surgical treatment of isolated right-sided infective endocarditis (26) Jiang et al. 2011 Tex Heart Inst J 2000–2010 Retrospective 6
Partial Replacement of Tricuspid Valve Using Cryopreserved Homograft (27) Shrestha et al. 2010 Ann Thorac Surg 1997–2008 Retrospective 6
Three surgical cases of isolated tricuspid valve infective endocarditis (28) Morokuma et al. 2010 Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010 Case series 6
Midterm Follow-Up of Tricuspid Valve Reconstruction Due to Active Infective Endocarditis (29) Gottardi et al. 2007 Ann Thorac Surg 1997–2004 Retrospective 6
Surgical treatment of right-sided active infective endocarditis with or without involvement of the left heart: 20-year single center experience (9) Musci et al. 2007 Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1986–2006 Retrospective 8
Partial replacement of the tricuspid valve by mitral homografts in acute endocarditis (30) Couetil et al. 2002 Ann Thorac Surg 2002 Retrospective 6
Management of persistent tricuspid endocarditis with transplantation of cryopreserved mitral homografts (31) Pomar et al. 1994 J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1993–1994 Case series 6
Tricuspid infective endocarditis: 56 cases (32) Rouveix et al. 1984 Eur Heart J 1968–1983 Retrospective 8