Right heart remodeling and outcomes in patients with tricuspid regurgitation: a literature review and meta-analysis
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Functional tricuspid regurgitation (TR) can develop either because of right ventricular (RV) remodeling
(ventricular functional TR) and/or right atrial dilation (atrial functional TR).
OBJECTIVES
This meta-analysis aimed to investigate the association between right heart remodeling and long-term
(>1 year) all-cause mortality in patients with significant TR (at least moderate).
METHODS
MEDLINE, ISI Web of Science, and SCOPUS databases were searched. Studies reporting data on at least 1 RV
functional parameter and long-term all-cause mortality in patients with significant TR were included. This study was designed according to PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) requirements.
RESULTS
Out of 8,902 studies, a total of 14 were included, enrolling 4,394 subjects. The duration of follow-up across
the studies varied, ranging from a minimum of 15.5 months to a maximum of 73.2 months. Overall, long-term all-cause mortality was 31% (95% CI: 20%-41%; P < 0.001). By means of meta-regression analyses, an inverse relation was found between tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (11 studies enrolling 3,551 subjects, -6.3% [95% CI: -11.1% to -1.4%]; P = 0.011), RV fractional area change (9 studies, 2,975 subjects, -4.4% [95% CI: -5.9% to -2.9%]; P < 0.001), tricuspid annular dimension (7 studies, 2,986 subjects, -4.1% [95% CI: -7.6% to -0.5%]; P = 0.026), right atrial area (6 studies, 1,920 subjects, -1.9% [95% CI: -2.5% to -1.3%]; P < 0.001) and mortality.
CONCLUSIONS
RV dysfunction parameters are associated to worse clinical outcomes in patients with TR, whereas right
atrial dilatation is linked to a better prognostic outcome. Further studies are needed to unravel the pathophysiological differences within the functional TR spectrum.