A Complex Tricuspid Clip: Bridging the Decision

Devang S Parikh; Sarah Blissett; Kirsten Tolstrup; Vaikom S Mahadevan

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.043

A Complex Tricuspid Clip: Bridging the Decision

JACC Case Rep. 2020 Jul 15;2(8):1089-1092. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.043. eCollection 2020 Jul.

Authors

Devang S Parikh¹, Sarah Blissett¹, Kirsten Tolstrup¹, Vaikom S Mahadevan¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California.

Abstract

We present this case of a 22-year-old woman with congenital heart disease as the youngest reported patient, to the best of our knowledge, to successfully undergo treatment of medically refractory torrential tricuspid regurgitation with the MitraClip system as an adjunct to guideline directed therapy. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

Keywords: RV, right ventricle; TR, tricuspid regurgitation; cardiomyopathy; chronic heart failure; echocardiography; restrictive; tricuspid valve; valve repair.

Publication types

Case Reports