Beating Versus Arrested Heart Technique for Isolated Tricuspid Valve Surgery: A Meta-Analysis of Reconstructed Time-to-Event Data.

Objective: Isolated tricuspid valve (TV) surgery remains underused despite guideline recommendations. This underuse may be related to perceived high risk in comorbid patients but also to high reported needs for postoperative permanent pacemaker implantation (PPI). It is conceivable that PPI can be prevented by operating on the beating heart (BH).