1. Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair of tricuspid regurgitation in the Netherlands: state of the art and future perspectives.
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Krikken, Jan A., van den Heuvel, Ad F. M., Willemsen, H. Marco, Voors, Adriaan A., and Lipsic, Erik
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TRICUSPID valve diseases ,TRICUSPID valve surgery ,THERAPEUTICS ,PATIENT selection ,TRICUSPID valve insufficiency ,TREATMENT effectiveness ,TRICUSPID valve ,ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY - Abstract
Despite the high prevalence and adverse clinical outcomes of severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR), conventional treatment options, surgical or pharmacological, are limited. Surgery is associated with a high peri-operative risk and medical treatment has not clearly resulted in clinical improvements. Therefore, there is a high unmet need to reduce morbidity and mortality in patients with severe TR. During recent years, several transcatheter solutions have been studied. This review focuses on the transcatheter edge-to-edge repair of TR (TTVR) with respect to patient selection, the procedure, pre- and peri-procedural echocardiographic assessments and clinical outcomes. Furthermore, we highlight the current status of TTVR in the Netherlands and provide data from our initial experience at the University Medical Centre Groningen. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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