Key result
Transcatheter tricuspid interventions offer promising sustained benefits for high-risk patients with severe TR.
Why the study?
Traditional surgical interventions for tricuspid regurgitation carry considerable complexities and risks, resulting in undertreatment and driving the development of transcatheter techniques.
Do transcatheter tricuspid valve interventions improve safety and effectiveness in patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation?
Do transcatheter tricuspid valve interventions improve safety and effectiveness in patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation?
Transcatheter tricuspid valve interventions provide a promising, less-invasive alternative for high-risk patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation, demonstrating safety and efficacy in early clinical data.
May support less-invasive options for high-risk severe TR; leaves open need for randomized trials to confirm outcomes.
Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is a common valvular heart disease that is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Traditional surgical interventions, though definitive, carry considerable complexities and risks, especially for high-risk patients, with in-hospital mortality rates of ˜9%. This resulted in the undertreatment of many patients with TR, creating a substantial unmet need. This has stimulated the development of transcatheter techniques, such as transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement, tricuspid edge-to-edge repair, tricuspid annuloplasty, caval valve implantation and many others, which offer less-i nvasive alternatives with promising early results and sustained benefits. This review provides a contemporary outlook on different transcatheter tricuspid valve interventions in patients with severe TR and assesses the existing clinical data regarding the safety and effectiveness of these devices in a rapidly expanding space.
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Sammour et al. (2024) conducted a review in Tricuspid regurgitation. Transcatheter tricuspid valve interventions was evaluated. Transcatheter tricuspid valve interventions offer promising less-invasive alternatives with early results and sustained benefits for high-risk patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation.
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