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

PMC · DOI: 10.1111/iwj.70408 · 2025-03-21

## 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.

## Key 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- The article was retracted due to a flawed peer review process.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The above article, published online on 24 May 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.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.

## Linked entities

- **Diseases:** Heart failure (MONDO:0005252)

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** Complications (MESH:D008107), Heart Failure (MESH:D006333)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC11928206