Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation after Orthotopic Heart Transplantation: Prevalence and Etiology

Table 5

Prevalence of TR after OHT.

Study	Number of patients	TR prevalence at the end of the followup (%)	Average follow-up period (years)	Definition of significant TR
Current study	𝑛=163	14.1%	8.2	≥mild-moderate
Chan et al. [3]	𝑛=336	34%	4.5	≥moderate
Aziz et al. [8]	𝑛=249	53.9%	5	≥moderate
Hausen et al. [14]	𝑛=251	50%	4	≥moderate-severe
Williams et al. [18]	𝑛=72	32%	2.4	≥moderate
Yankah et al. [25]	𝑛=647	5.5%	5	≥moderate
Chen et al. [27]	𝑛=178	26.4%	5	≥moderate
Huddleston et al. [28]	𝑛=183	20%	4	≥moderate

TR: tricuspid regurgitation; OHT: orthotopic heart transplantation.