Does close echocardiographic surveillance improve survival in patients at increased risk of developing significant tricuspid regurgitation?
Identifying patients at risk for significant tricuspid regurgitation and utilizing close echocardiographic surveillance may allow for earlier effective therapy and improved survival.
By identifying patients at increased risk of developing significant TR, close echocardiographic surveillance can be indicated permitting effective therapy at an earlier stage to improve survival.
Prihadi et al. (Sat,) studied this question.