Among patients requiring transcatheter tricuspid valve interventions, 32% had unfavorable anatomy for T-TEER and 23.2% remained ineligible for both T-TEER and TTVR.
What proportion of patients with tricuspid regurgitation requiring intervention are anatomically eligible for T-TEER or TTVR?
Despite the emergence of new transcatheter devices, nearly a quarter of patients requiring tricuspid valve intervention remain anatomically ineligible for both T-TEER and TTVR.
Of 491 patients requiring TTVI, 32.0% had unfavorable anatomy for T-TEER, and 37.3% of patients with CCT images were eligible for TTVR. Despite the emergence of TTVR devices, 23.2% of patients with TR remained ineligible for both T-TEER and TTVR.
Tanaka et al. (2024) studied this question. Among patients requiring transcatheter tricuspid valve interventions, 32% had unfavorable anatomy for T-TEER and 23.2% remained ineligible for both T-TEER and TTVR.