Built specifically to mimic the native tricuspid anatomy, the implant is intended to address an unmet patient need.
Among Medicare beneficiaries, implantation was especially frequent for female patients and those undergoing tricuspid valve replacement with or without concomitant left-sided heart surgeries.
UC San Francisco interventional cardiologists and interventional echocardiographers recently performed the health system’s first commercial transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement procedure using ...
The race to develop transcatheter systems for tricuspid regurgitation (TR) continues, and early-stage report cards are in for several investigational devices. Progress with transcatheter tricuspid ...
The Evoque transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR) system continued to show significant benefits 1 year after implant, according to an update from the TRISCEND II trial. Among study ...
A national study led by investigators from Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University found that transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement, or TTVR, delivered strong early results in real-world practice.
Henry Ford Health cardiologists are the first to offer new Tri-Clip procedure to patients for whom open-heart surgery isn’t an option A breakthrough in treating tricuspid regurgitation, or TR, is ...
UC San Francisco interventional cardiologists and interventional echocardiographers recently performed two novel minimally invasive cardiac procedures for the first time in the health system.
Edwards Lifesciences has claimed the FDA’s first approval of a transcatheter replacement implant for a leaky tricuspid heart valve, three months after garnering a green light in Europe. The Evoque, ...
A groundbreaking heart procedure at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital has made Maryland history. Joan Mertz, 83, became the first patient in the state to undergo an artificial heart valve replacement ...
Tricuspid valve regurgitation (TR) occurs when the leaflets of the tricuspid valve fail to coapt fully during right ventricular systole, permitting retrograde blood flow into the right atrium. This ...