Male-female differences in characteristics and early outcomes of patients undergoing tricuspid valve surgery:A national cohort study in the Netherlands

OBJECTIVES: This study aims to explore male-female differences in baseline and procedural characteristics, and outcomes of patients undergoing isolated or concomitant tricuspid valve (TV) surgery. METHODS: All TV procedures registered between 2007 and 2016 in the database of the Netherlands Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery were analysed. Logistic regression analyses with interaction terms were used to determine whether sex was associated with hospital mortality. RESULTS: Five thousand five hundred and eighty-two patients underwent TV surgery [isolated: N = 685 (49% male), TV repair : N... Mehr ...