Abstract
Aim: There is still no bibliometric study summarizing studies on tricuspid valve diseases and their treatment in the literature. This study was aimed to examine this study area in a holistic manner using bibliometric and statistical analyses on published scientific outputs on the tricuspid valve.Material and Methods: Studies on the tricuspid valve published in the research areas of “Cardiovascular System Cardiology” and “Surgery” between 1980 and 2019 were downloaded using the Web of Science database and analyzed using bibliometric and statistical methods. Spearman’s correlation coefficient was used for correlation analysis. Linear regression analysis was performed to predict the number of publications in the coming years.Results: A total of 2841 publications were found of which 1277 (55.6%) were articles. It was observed that number of articles published on the tricuspid valve had been increasing regularly with a linear trend. The top 2 countries contributing the most to the literature were USA (412), and Germany (145). The top two most active institutions were Mayo Clinic (36) and Columbia University (18). The top three journals with the highest number of publications were Annals of Thoracic Surgery (125), Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (77), and European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (50). Conclusion: A summary of 1277 articles were presented in this comprehensive bibliometric study on the tricuspid valve, which is a study area with an increasing number of articles being published in the literature.
Highlights
The tricuspid valve is located between the right atrium and the right ventricle and prevents the blood pouring from the right atrium to the right ventricle from returning back to the right ventricle
Surgical treatment may vary depending on the etiology, it includes annuloplasty techniques performed with ring or suture and replacement therapy.[3,4]
There is an increase in the recent treatment options and interest in the subject, there is still no comprehensive bibliometric study summarizing studies on tricuspid valve diseases in the literature
Summary
The tricuspid valve is a multi-component complex structure comprising three leaflets (anterior, posterior, and septal), chordae tendineae, two separate papillary muscles, fibrous tricuspid annulus, and right atrial and right ventricular myocardium.[1,2] The tricuspid valve is located between the right atrium and the right ventricle and prevents the blood pouring from the right atrium to the right ventricle from returning back to the right ventricle. Similar to other heart valves, appear in the form of stenosis and/or insufficiency. Surgical treatment may vary depending on the etiology, it includes annuloplasty techniques performed with ring or suture and replacement therapy.[3,4]. As a result of a strong relationship between age and valvular heart diseases, research on this topic has gained importance due to increasing prevalence of valvular heart diseases with rapidly aging global population.[5] the growing treatment options for heart valve diseases over time and the emergence of modern techniques, such as percutaneous valve repair or replacement, have resulted in positive developments in patient treatment.[5] there is an increase in the recent treatment options and interest in the subject, there is still no comprehensive bibliometric study summarizing studies on tricuspid valve diseases in the literature
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