15 May 2024
Transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement - LIVE case
Tricuspid regurgitation treated by tricuspid self-expandable valve - With the collaboration of the PCR Tricuspid Focus Group
Recommended by PCR
Operators:
N. Dumonteil, D. Tchetche
Procedural Analyst:
N. Wunderlich
Summary
An 82-year-old male with a history of STEMI in 2013, stroke in 2018, cancer, and permanent AF, presented with acute heart failure with predominant right-side failure. Severe tricuspid regurgitation was identified.
The operators implanted an Evoque valve percutaneously under TEE guidance and general anaesthesia via the venous right femoral approach.
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LIVE Educational Case from Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse - France
Key moments
- 05:35-13:26 - Imaging analysis
- 23:26-01:03:03 - Step-by-step Evoque valve implantation
- 01:11:50-01:16:00 - Procedural analysis
Keywords: Secondary tricuspid regurgitation, Evoque valve, transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement
Learning Objectives
- To highlight the key steps of a transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement procedure
- To focus on the crucial role of peri-procedural imaging guidance