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Reassessing the role of tricuspid valve surgery in the modern era

Heart BMJ

The tricuspid valve (TV), historically deemed the ’forgotten valve’, is undergoing a renaissance as mounting evidence highlights its critical role in cardiovascular outcomes.

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Tricuspid Regurgitation Progression and Clinical Implications

American College of Cardiology

What are the predictors of tricuspid regurgitation (TR) progression and the prognostic impact of TR progression?

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Effects of ICD Leads on Tricuspid Valve and Right Ventricle

American College of Cardiology

What is the effect of a transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (TV-ICD) on tricuspid regurgitation (TR) severity, and secondarily, on right ventricular (RV) size and function?

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Changes in right ventricular function and clinical outcomes following tricuspid transcatheter edge?to?edge repair

European Journal of Heart Failure

Changes in right ventricular (RV) function and clinical outcomes after tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (T-TEER). Among patients with baseline RVFAC <35%, a smaller RV diameter and a greater reduction of tricuspid regurgitation were predictors for the RV responder.

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Tricuspid Valve Treatments Safe, Effective and Improve Quality of Life

American College of Cardiology

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this year for tricuspid regurgitation (TR) are safe, effective and improve quality of life (QOL) at one year, according to studies published in JACC and simultaneously being presented at TCT 2024. Two devices approved by the U.S.

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Review and Treatment Options for the Tricuspid Valve: Key Points

American College of Cardiology

The following are key points to remember from an American Heart Association scientific statement, which reviews the pathology, imaging, and current treatment options for the tricuspid valve (TV).

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Multicentric Randomized Evaluation of Tricuspid Valve Percutaneous Repair System (Clip for the Tricuspid Valve) in the Treatment of Severe Secondary Tricuspid Disorders

American College of Cardiology

trial was to assess the efficacy and safety of tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (T-TEER) + guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) compared with GDMT alone among patients with symptomatic ≥ severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR). The goal of the TRI.Fr