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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. Eduardo Marbán, MD, PhD.

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Atlantic Health System’s Morristown Medical Center Treats First Patient in New Jersey with Edwards’ EVOQUE Tricuspid Valve Replacement

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milla1cf Thu, 04/25/2024 - 17:21 April 25, 2024 — Atlantic Health System ’s Morristown Medical Center treated the first patient in New Jersey using Edwards Lifesciences EVOQUE tricuspid valve replacement, the first transcatheter therapy to receive U.S. According to National Institutes of Health an estimated 1.6 million people in the U.S.

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Edwards’ EVOQUE Valve Replacement System First Transcatheter Therapy to Earn FDA Approval for Tricuspid Valve

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Photo: Edwards Lifesciences milla1cf Fri, 02/02/2024 - 09:33 February 2, 2024 — Edwards Lifesciences Corporation announced the company’s EVOQUE tricuspid valve replacement system is the first transcatheter therapy to receive U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the treatment of tricuspid regurgitation (TR).

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Contemporary evaluation and treatment of tricuspid regurgitation

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Valvular heart disease is a global health burden with substantial mortality. The left-sided valvular diseases have been extensively described using the robust treatment strategies available.

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Atrial Fibrillation Ablation in Congenital Heart Disease: Therapeutic Challenges and Future Perspectives

Journal of the American Heart Association

The increasing prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in adults with congenital heart disease raises significant questions regarding its management. The unique underlying anatomic and physiological background further adds to the difficulty in eliminating the AF burden in these patients.

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Henry Ford Health Heart Failure Patient First in Michigan to Receive Breakthrough Device

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Henry Ford Health's Center for Structural Heart Disease team delivered its first in Michigan FDA-approved VOQUE Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement System to a heart failure patient on February 13, 2024 at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. million Americans have moderate to severe tricuspid regurgitation.

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ACC CardiaCast’s PulseCheck: Tricuspid Valve Disease

American College of Cardiology

In this panel discussion, host Andrea Price MS, AACC brings together Marcus Burns, DNP, Kristen deAlmeida, PharmD, and Bailey Estes MSN, AGNP-C, to explore best practices related to structural heart disease. In this episode, the focus is on tricuspid valve disease.