P1277 Cardiac remodeling in secondary tricuspid regurgitation: should we just look at the tricuspid annulus diameter?

Abstract

Funding Acknowledgements Financial support: French society of cardiovascular imaging. Background The respective strength of the different mechanisms that could lead to significant secondary TR occurrence remains debated. Purpose The main objective of our study was to characterize the determinants of tricuspid regurgitation (TR) severity in stable patients with preserved left ventricle ejection fractionand without significant left valvular heart disease. Patients were classified into 5 groups according to echocardiographic TR severity assessment: mild / moderate / severe / massive / torrential. Secondary objectives were to describe the evolution of the dimensions of the right cavities and the right ventricle (RV) function parameters according to the severity of the TR. Methods This is a prospective observational and multicentric study. Criteria for inclusion were: age ≥ 18 years; at least moderate TR; euvolemic status. We excluded patients with organic TR. All patients underwent standard trans-thoracic echocardiographyat distance from initial diagnosis and after stable optimized medical treatment. All exams were analysed in a Core Laboratory. Results 100 patients (12 presented mild TR, 31 moderate, 18 severe, 17 massive and 22 torrential) were enrolled and we used effective regurgitant orifice area (EROA) to quantify the severity of TR. To explain TR severity in multivariate analysis, right atrium (RA) indexed volume and tethering area were statistically significant (p < 0.001). For an increase of 10 mL/m2of RA volume, EROA increases by 4.2 mm2and for an increase of 0.1 cm2of tethering area, EROA increases by 2.2 mm2. The right heart dilation and the degree of restriction of tricuspid apparatus change significantly according to the severity of the TR (p < 0.001). RV function parameters did not differ significantly according to the degree of TR. Conclusion Early TA enlargement is present in secondary isolated TR. Then, increase in tethering area and RA indexed volume are associated with increase in TR severity. All right heart cavities dilate progressively without clear impact on RV-function parameters when TR increase. Factor determining increase in EROA coefficient SD p value RA volume (mL/m2) 0.42 0.09 < 0.001 Tethering area (cm2) 22.1 3.9 < 0.001 Multivariate linear regression model. EROA: Effective Regurgitant Orifice Area; SD: Standard Deviation; RA: Right Atrium. Abstract P1277 Figure. RV-EDA: probability of TR class severity

EuroEcho 2019: highlights

“…By contrast with past years, aortic stenosis (AS) is no longer the most frequently investigated heart valve diseases and tricuspid valve is no longer the "forgotten valve". In a prospective multicenter study (12), the RV geometry and function, as well as tricuspid annulus size, of 100 patients with various TR severity (from mild to torrential) were analyzed.…”