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First-in-human transcatheter pledget-assisted suture tricuspid annuloplasty for severe tricuspid insufficiency.


ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We report the first pledget-assisted suture tricuspid annuloplasty (PASTA) in a patient with torrential tricuspid regurgitation (TR).

Background

Tricuspid valve regurgitation is a common malignant disease with no commercially available transcatheter therapy. PASTA is a "percutaneous surgical" procedure using pledgeted sutures to create a double-orifice tricuspid valve.

Methods

An 83-year-old man had end-stage TR caused by a defibrillator lead. He consented to undergo PASTA on a compassionate basis. A double-orifice valve was created with pledgeted sutures from percutaneous right ventricular apical access.

Results

TR was reduced from torrential to trace. The vena contracta reduced to from 23 to 1 mm and annular area reduced from 1817 to 782 mm2 . However, the annulus dehisced and required closure with a percutaneous nitinol plug. The patient was discharged home and was alive 6 months later but with persistent symptoms.

Conclusions

The anatomy of a double-orifice valve can eliminate TR but a better solution is required to avoid excessive suture tension on annular tissue.

SUBMITTER: Greenbaum AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7648719 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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