Cardiothoracic & vascular anesthesia
Percutaneous Mechanical Aspiration for Tricuspid Valve Infective Endocarditis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Authors' conclusion
PMA for TVIE and/or RSIE appears feasible and relatively safe, offering acceptable mortality and complication rates in high-risk patients.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with confirmed tricuspid valve infective endocarditis (TVIE) and/or right-sided infective endocarditis (RSIE)
- Participants
- 1,065 patients · 8 retrospective studies
- Outcome
- 30-day and/or in-hospital mortality
Methodological detailsrandom-effects models, meta-regression
- Random-effects models
- Meta-regression
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
30-day and/or in-hospital mortality (pooled)
Pooled 30-day and/or in-hospital mortality rate
5.7%
Further pooled results
Hospital LOS
- Mean hospital stay (days)
- 19.7
- 95% CI: 11.9-27.5
- I² = 98%
Recurrence of IE
- Recurrence of IE
- 7.1%
- 95% CI: 0.3-21.8%
Safety
New PE
- New pulmonary embolism
- 7.5%
- 95% CI: 4.9-10.5%
Worsening tricuspid regurgitation
- Worsening tricuspid regurgitation
- 13.6%
- 95% CI: 10.3-17.2%
Original publication
Percutaneous Mechanical Aspiration for Tricuspid Valve Infective Endocarditis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Published 13 February 2026. doi:10.
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