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<Articles JournalTitle="The Research in Heart Yield and Translational Medicine (RHYTHM)">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>The Research in Heart Yield and Translational Medicine (RHYTHM)</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>3115-7270</Issn>
      <Volume>17</Volume>
      <Issue>3</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>07</Month>
        <Day>28</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Mid to Long-term Echocardiographic Follow-up of Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve-in-Valve Replacement for Degenerated Bioprosthetic Valves: First Single-Center Report from Iran</title>
    <FirstPage>112</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>118</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mohammad</FirstName>
        <LastName>Sahebjam</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Alimohammad</FirstName>
        <LastName>Haji Zeinali</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Kyomars</FirstName>
        <LastName>Abbasi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Solmaz</FirstName>
        <LastName>Borjian</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>03</Month>
        <Day>12</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>07</Month>
        <Day>21</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Background: Transcatheter tricuspid valve-in-valve (TTViV) replacement has become an alternative treatment in high-risk patients with bioprosthetic valve degeneration. This is the first report on the mid to long-term echocardiographic findings of patients who underwent TTViV replacement in a cardiac referral center in Iran.&#xA0;&#xA0; 
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Methods: Data of 12 patients, consisting of 11 women and 1 man, who underwent TTViV replacement between 2015 and 2021 were reviewed retrospectively. The patients underwent echocardiography before the procedure and at a mean follow-up time of 3.17&#xB1;1.75 years. 
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Results: All the patients had New York Heart Association (NYHA) function class III/IV before TTViV. Six patients had tricuspid regurgitation, 1 had tricuspid stenosis, and 5 had both. All the patients had successful TTViV. The mean time from the initial valve surgery to TTViV was 6.25&#xB1;2.45 years. At follow-up, 2 patients had died: 1 due to COVID-19 pneumonia and 1 without a known cause. The remaining 10 patients experienced improvements in the NYHA functional class. Echocardiographic measures showed significant improvements. Transvalvular mean gradient pressure decreased from 7.08&#xB1;1.98 mm Hg to 5.29&#xB1;1.63 mm Hg (P=0.028), tricuspid valve pressure half time decreased from 245.00&#xB1;49.46 ms to 158.64&#xB1;57.41 ms (P=0.011), tricuspid regurgitation gradient decreased from 39.91&#xB1;7.31 mm Hg to 26.72&#xB1;8.99 mm Hg, and left ventricular ejection fraction increased from 47.71&#xB1;4.70% to 49.79&#xB1;4.58% (P=0.046). There was no significant paravalvular or transvalvular leakage at follow-up.
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Conclusion: This is a single-center report on the mid and long-term echocardiographic follow-up of patients after TTViV replacement.&#xA0; Our study showed that TTViV was a safe and efficient method in treating high-risk patients with degenerated bioprosthetic tricuspid valves and had favorable echocardiographic and clinical results.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://rhythm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jthc/article/view/1632</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://rhythm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jthc/article/download/1632/1015</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
