Compare and contrast tricuspid and mitral valve anatomy: interventional perspectives for transcatheter tricuspid valve therapies

EuroIntervention. 2018 Mar 20;13(16):1889-1898. doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-17-00704.

Abstract

Moving transcatheter valve intervention towards atrioventricular (AV) valves implies increasing complexity. Some of the knowledge that has been generated during the development of mitral devices can be applied to the tricuspid valve (TV). A deep understanding of the peculiar anatomy of the TV and of the right heart chambers, with differences and similarities between the two AV valves, is fundamental to overcoming the specific challenges related to transcatheter TV therapies. The aim of this report is to explore similarities and differences between the mitral and tricuspid valve apparatus, and their interventional implications.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Anatomic Landmarks
  • Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation
  • Cardiac Catheterization / methods*
  • Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Heart Valve Diseases / pathology*
  • Heart Valve Diseases / physiopathology
  • Heart Valve Diseases / surgery
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve / pathology*
  • Mitral Valve / physiopathology
  • Mitral Valve / surgery
  • Mitral Valve Annuloplasty / instrumentation
  • Mitral Valve Annuloplasty / methods
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tricuspid Valve / pathology*
  • Tricuspid Valve / physiopathology
  • Tricuspid Valve / surgery