Table 1.
Analysis of changes in the degree of tricuspid regurgitation after transvenous lead extraction.
| TR Before TLE |
TR After TLE |
Number of Patients |
Percentage of 2631 Patoents |
Worsening of TR in Degrees | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All patients without worsening of TV function | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2376 | 90.31% | 0 |
| Non-significant (for 1 degree) Impairment of TV function (7.16%) | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1.03% | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | 87 | 3.31% | 1 | |
| 2 | 3 | 52 | 1.98% | 1 | |
| 3 | 4 | 22 | 0.84% | 1 | |
| Significant (for 2 or 3 degrees) worsening of TV function 67 (2.55%) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0.11% | 2 |
| 1 | 3 | 43 | 1.63% | 2 | |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | 0.34% | 2 | |
| 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.04% | 3 | |
| 1 | 4 | 11 | 0.42% | 3 | |
| All patients with worsening of TV function | 255 | 9.69% | |||
| All examined patients | 2631 | 100.0% | |||
| Severe damage of TV during TLE reaching indications for cardiac surgery | |||||
| Tricuspid valve plastic repair performed immediately after TLE us rescue procedure | 2 | 0.08% | |||
| Tricuspid valve plastic repair performed as planned procedure | 8 | 0.30% | |||
| Tricuspid valve replacement | 2 | 0.08% | |||
| Borderline indications-observation only | 8 | 0.30% | |||
| Refused TV plastic repair-conservative treatment | 3 | 0.11% | |||
| Disqualification from TV plastic repair (cancer) | 1 | 0.04% | |||
| Other patients | 2607 | 99.09% | |||
Abbreviations: TLE-transvenous lead extraction, TR-tricuspid regurgitation, TV-tricuspid valve.