Differences in the Characteristics and Outcomes of Isolated Tricuspid and Mitral Valve Surgery for Valvular Regurgitation

Isolated tricuspid valve (TV) surgery is associated with markedly worse outcomes than isolated mitral valve (MV) surgery. We hypothesized that this is related to late referral of patients with isolated TV disease.Adult patients who underwent isolated TV or MV surgery in 2016-2017 were identified in the National-Readmission-Database. We compared the outcomes of isolated TV and MV surgery before and after adjustment for surrogates of late...