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Early experience with a novel transapical transcatheter aortic valve system in patients with severe aortic stenosis: a prospective, multicenter study

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

ObjectivesRegistered, prospective, multicenter study of the short-term clinical outcomes of a novel transcatheter aortic valve system (Xcor system, Saint Medical Technology, Inc., Nanjing) to evaluate its safety and efficacy.Methods130 high risk patients with symptomatic severe AS from 11 institutions were treated with the novel Xcor system.

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Smidt Heart Institute Physicians Advance Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement

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Physicians in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have pioneered using a catheter-based approach to treat patients with tricuspid valve disease. The first 100 minimally invasive tricuspid procedures were done as part of the TRISCEND II clinical trial. Image by Getty. Image by Getty. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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FDA Advisory Committee Votes in Favor of Abbott’s First-of-its-kind Triclip System to Treat People with a Leaky Tricuspid Heart Valve

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Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) confirmed 13 to 1, with 0 abstention that the benefits of Abbott's TriClip™ transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) system outweighed the risks for the treatment of people with tricuspid regurgitation (TR). On the final question of the benefit of TriClip versus the risk, the vote was 13 to 1 in favor.

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Tricuspidization: repair of a quadricuspid aortic valve

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) is rare. However, to repair a quadricuspid aortic valve is not as easy to realize as in bicuspid aortic valve. The surgical design is crucial to rebuild the stable structure.

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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Launches New Valve Surgery Risk Calculators

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Tricuspid Valve Repair Existing literature on national surgical outcomes of isolated tricuspid valve repair or replacement is based on data from over a decade ago and may not reflect current practice results. Analysis of 13,587 patients undergoing isolated tricuspid valve surgery from 2017 to 2023 revealed a 5.5%

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Mild Tricuspid Regurgitation

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Transcipt of video: Mild tricuspid regurgitation is often noted on echocadiogram reports and sometimes causes a little bit of worry and a lot of questions are asked on mild tricuspid regurgitation. What is this mild tricuspid regurgitation? And mild tricuspid regurgitation is just a small leak from the tricuspid valve.

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Effect of Bicuspid Versus Tricuspid Aortic Valve Morphology on the Fate of the Ascending Aorta

Journal of the American Heart Association

BackgroundBicuspid aortic valves are associated with ascending aortic pathology, but their impact on longterm outcomes, including aortic growth and adverse events, remains unclear.Methods and ResultsThis prospective cohortstudy included adult patients undergoing aortic valve surgery or ascending aortic surgery at a single center (20072013).