Percutaneous Tricuspid Valve Repair: A Promising Treatment for Heart Transplant Patients With Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation

Eliane Roth; Georg Noll; Oliver Gämperli; Peter Wenaweser; Christophe Wyss; Jürg Grünenfelder; Roberto Corti; Patric Biaggi

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.05.018

Percutaneous Tricuspid Valve Repair: A Promising Treatment for Heart Transplant Patients With Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation

JACC Case Rep. 2021 Aug 19;3(10):1269-1274. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.05.018. eCollection 2021 Aug 18.

Authors

Eliane Roth¹, Georg Noll², Oliver Gämperli², Peter Wenaweser², Christophe Wyss², Jürg Grünenfelder², Roberto Corti², Patric Biaggi²

Affiliations

¹ University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
² Heart Clinic Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Abstract

Two heart transplant patients aged 80 and 83 years with recurrent heart failure due to severe tricuspid regurgitation are reported. In view of their high perioperative risk, both patients underwent percutaneous transcatheter edge-to-edge tricuspid valve repair, and both experienced excellent technical success, with favorable 2-year clinical outcome. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

Keywords: OHT, orthotopic heart transplantation; RV, right ventricle; TR, tricuspid regurgitation; TV, tricuspid valve; edge-to-edge repair; orthotopic heart transplantation; percutaneous tricuspid valve intervention; severe tricuspid regurgitation.

Publication types

Case Reports