With new transcatheter options for the repair or replacement of tricuspid valves, the role and timing of repair — whether surgical or minimally invasive — is entering a time of transition.

He cited his group's study that found an operative mortality rate of 7.3% in isolated tricuspid valve surgery in patients without endocarditis. Taking into account one's model for end-stage liver ...

February 17, 2025 - DALLAS The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) has developed a globally ...

JAMESTOWN — Two Sanford Health Fargo cardiology providers offer outreach services at Sanford Jamestown 2nd Ave. Clinic. Outreach services are offered on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month.

Q. I have a leaky heart valve that may need surgery down the road. Can you tell me about heart-valve surgery in one of your columns? A. First, let’s explain briefly how the heart works.

Echocardiographic evaluation of vegetations is crucial in infective endocarditis (IE ... or within the aorta Right‐sided vegetations that involve the tricuspid valve, pulmonary valve, right atrium or ...

Tricuspid valve endocarditis was defined by the existence of valve leaflet mutilation or vegetation, or both, or annular abscess. Strands were defined as fine, mobile, echodense structures, attached ...