Tricuspid valve regurgitation occurs when blood abnormally flows backwards from the right ventricle into the right atrium through a diseased tricuspid valve. Tricuspid regurgitation can be organic ...

The surgery was critical due to the severe weakening of her right heart, a condition exacerbated by a leaking tricuspid valve ...

Two patients at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital receive recently FDA-approved Evoque Tricuspid Valve Replacements for ... for surgery because of severely leaky tricuspid valves," said Dr.

Transcatheter tricuspid-valve replacement may improve outcomes. New research findings are summarized in a short video.

"This is a remarkable step forward in how we approach patients who may not be ideal candidates for surgery because of severely leaky tricuspid valves," said Dr. Bethea. "They are often complicated by ...