RETRACTION: Effect of Concomitant Tricuspid Annuloplasty on Postoperative Wound Complications in Heart Failure Patients Undergoing Mitral Valve Repair

TL;DR

This retracted paper claimed to study how tricuspid annuloplasty affects wound complications in heart failure patients undergoing mitral valve repair.

Contribution

The paper's findings and conclusions are invalid due to a compromised peer review process.

Findings

The article was retracted due to a flawed peer review process.

No valid results or conclusions can be drawn from the retracted paper.

Abstract

RETRACTION:

HouY.
,
GuoL.
,
LiY.
, and
CaiJ.
, “Effect of Concomitant Tricuspid Annuloplasty on Postoperative Wound Complications in Heart Failure Patients Undergoing Mitral Valve Repair,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 5 (2024): e14835, 10.1111/iwj.14835.38786547
PMC11120391

The above article, published online on 24 May 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Following an investigation by the publisher, all parties have concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.