Morphological diversity of the tricuspid posterior leaflet affects surgical complexity for control of tricuspid regurgitation

Table 2 Surgical data

	Group 1 (n = 109)	Group 2 (n = 32)	p value
Morphological diversity
Valve with two posterior leaflets	36 (33)	20 (63)	0.003
Annuloplasty ring
Carpentier-Edwards physio tricuspid Annuloplasty ring	76 (70)	26 (81)	0.19
Tailor flexible annuloplasty ring	33 (30)	6 (19)
Ring size, mm	29 ± 1.8	29 ± 1.7	0.19
Concomitant procedures
AVR	41 (38)	5 (16)	0.014
MVP	47 (43)	15 (47)	0.71
MVR	45 (41)	16 (50)	0.38
AVR or MVP or MVR + maze procedure	32 (29)	6 (19)	0.22

Group 1: Patients who underwent ring annuloplasty alone
Group 2: Patients who required additional edge-to-edge repair with ring annuloplasty
Data are presented as n (%) or mean ± standard deviation
AVR aortic valve replacement, MVP mitral valve repair, MVR mitral valve replacement

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