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Table 3 Late clinical outcomes

From: Impact of prophylactic donor heart tricuspid valve annuloplasty on outcomes in heart transplantation

Variables

All (n = 338)

Non-TR group (n = 307)

TR group (n = 31)

p

Hemodialysis

34 (10.1%)

24 (7.8%)

10 (32.3%)

< 0.01

The number of times of biopsies

15.1 ± 6.5

14.9 ± 6.2

17.7 ± 8.1

0.02

Rejection  grade 2

105 (31.1%)

88 (28.7%)

17 (54.8%)

< 0.01

CVP (mmHg)

6.9 ± 4.6

6.6 ± 3.8

10.3 ± 8.7

< 0.01

Mean PAP (mmHg)

22.7 ± 7.5

22.1 ± 6.7

28.1 ± 12.0

< 0.01

PAWP (mmHg)

13.4 ± 5.9

12.9 ± 5.0

17.9 ± 10.4

< 0.01

PAPi

3.61 ± 3.2

3.62 ± 3.2

3.54 ± 2.9

0.90

CVP/PAWP

0.53 ± 0.7

0.54 ± 0.7

0.52 ± 0.2

0.97

CI (L/min/m2)

3.17 ± 0.7

3.21 ± 0.7

2.77 ± 0.7

< 0.01

  1. CVP: central venous pressure, PAP: pulmonary artery pressure, PAWP: pulmonary artery wedge pressure, CI: cardiac index.