With new transcatheter options for the repair or replacement of tricuspid valves, the role and timing of repair — whether surgical or minimally invasive — is entering a time of transition.

At the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) annual meeting, it was standing room only at a session dedicated to why the tricuspid valve should no longer be considered the "forgotten ...

Q. I have a leaky heart valve that may need surgery down the road. Can you tell me about heart-valve surgery in one of your columns? A. First, let’s explain briefly how the heart works.

With growth in percutaneous fixes for the valve, surgeons at STS 2025 called for innovation, team-based care, and more data.

Reason for decision Anticipate the topic will be of importance to patients, carers, professionals, commissioners and the health of the public to ensure clinical benefit is realised, inequalities in ...

Moderate-to-severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) has a high prevalence in the general population, 1 and it progressively increases in older individuals, in whom it is close to 4%.

Two patients at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital receive recently FDA-approved Evoque Tricuspid Valve Replacements for severe tricuspid regurgitation. BALTIMORE, Jan. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In ...

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