Dr Boris Orlov

Secondary Tricuspid Regurgitation
Historical Excurse
In the 1960s with the advent of valve replacement, as surgery’s role
in managing valvular heart disease expanded rapidly, the thinking at
that time was that if regurgitation was “functional,” then it should not
require surgical treatment as, by definition, it should improve when
the left-sided valve is replaced
Reduction in severity of tricuspid regurgitation was sometimes
observed after mitral valve replacement, prompting Braunwald et al.
in 1967 to recommend conservative management of functional
tricuspid regurgitation
Braunwald NS, Ross J, Jr, Morrow AG: Circulation 1967, 35(4 Suppl): I63–I69