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SUBMITTER: Besler C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5872345 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Besler Christian C Meduri Christopher U CU Lurz Philipp P
Interventional cardiology (London, England) 20180101 1
Functional tricuspid regurgitation (TR) represents an important unmet need in clinical cardiology given its prevalence, adverse prognostic impact and symptom burden associated with progressive right heart failure. Several transcatheter techniques are currently in early clinical testing to provide alternative treatment options for patients deemed unsuitable for tricuspid valve surgery. Amongst them, the TrialignTM device (Mitralign, Inc.) represents a novel percutaneous tricuspid valve annuloplas ...[more]