• 1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China;
  • 2. Rehabilitation Medical Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China;
  • 3. Rehabilitation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, 610041, P. R. China;
GUO Yingqiang, Email: drguoyq@hotmail.com
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Tricuspid valve, also known as "forgotten valve" because of the high natural and surgical mortality. Transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement is an innovative surgical method to treat tricuspid regurgitation, which improves the prognosis of patients and is gradually being popularized in clinics. However, postoperative pulmonary complications are still the main causes affecting the rapid recovery and death. More and more medical experts begin to use preoperative inspiratory muscle training to reduce postoperative pulmonary complications and improve the quality of life of patients after cardiac surgery. However, there was no report on the effect of preoperative inspiratory muscle training on pulmonary complications after transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement. Therefore, for the first time, we boldly speculate that inspiratory muscle training can reduce pulmonary complications after transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement, and put forward suggestions for its treatment mechanism and strategy. But this rehabilitation intervention lacks practical clinical research. Unknown challenges may also be encountered, which may be a new research direction.

Citation: WANG Yuqiang, YU Pengming, HE Chengqi, CHEN Miao, SHI Jun, GUO Yingqiang. Effects of preoperative inspiratory muscle training on prevention of postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2022, 29(9): 1087-1092. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.202011054 Copy

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