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.

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

Medically reviewed by Jeffrey S. Lander, MD Heart sounds are the noises made as blood moves through the heart with each ...

LOS ANGELES -- Cardiac surgeons were urged to readjust their attitudes toward the tricuspid valve if they want to keep some footing in a rapidly evolving field dominated by transcatheter innovations.

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.

The U.S. national coverage analysis for transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement drew support from cardiologists and device makers alike, but the Medical Device Manufacturers Association is urging ...

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%.

Imagine being told near the end of your pregnancy that your child has congenital heart disease. That was the situation facing Heather Livingstone and her family when daughter Britta was […] ...

Ebstein’s anomaly, meaning her tricuspid valve is malformed, and Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome, which means her heart has an ...

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