• Department of Cardiology, the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, P. R. China;
FANG Zhenfei, Email: fangzhenfei@csu.edu.cn
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Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) affects a wide population in China, and frequently coexists with other conditions as comorbidities. Moderate to severe TR is associated with a poor prognosis and medical treatment alone does not prevent progression of disease. Although minimal invasive catheter-based techniques might be an option for TR treatment in selected high risk patients, there is no relevant recommendations for the transcatheter treatment of TR in practice guidelines. Several transcatheter edge-to-edge repair devices are currently in preclinical and early clinical evaluation as potential novel treatment options for symptomatic TR in patients at increased risk for surgery, becoming as the most common technique applied for interventional TR treatment. Hence, the present study will introduce the clinical features of TR, the progress of edge-to-edge repair, and the application and challenges in the future.

Citation: TAI Shi, LIU Jiale, FANG Zhenfei. Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair for tricuspid regurgitation. West China Medical Journal, 2021, 36(9): 1250-1254. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.202107258 Copy

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