Heterotopic Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement in Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation and Refractory Right Heart Failure

Giulia Costa; Marco De Carlo; Paolo Spontoni; Cristina Giannini; Marco Angelillis; Laura Stazzoni; Daniele Bozzoli; Roberto Del Sorbo; Anna Sonia Petronio

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.03.038

Heterotopic Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement in Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation and Refractory Right Heart Failure

JACC Case Rep. 2022 Aug 17;4(16):1005-1011. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.03.038.

Authors

Giulia Costa¹, Marco De Carlo¹, Paolo Spontoni¹, Cristina Giannini¹, Marco Angelillis¹, Laura Stazzoni¹, Daniele Bozzoli¹, Roberto Del Sorbo¹, Anna Sonia Petronio¹

Affiliation

¹ Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy.

Abstract

Torrential tricuspid regurgitation may lead to heart failure and poor survival and quality of life. Heterotopic transcatheter tricuspid replacement is increasingly offered to patients unsuitable for direct valve repair or replacement. We describe 1 patient treated by transcatheter implantation of 2 self-expanding valves in the venae cavae with a multimodality imaging approach. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

Keywords: CAVI, caval valve implantation; IVC, inferior vena cava; MSCT, multislice computed tomography; RA, right atrium; RV, right ventricle; SVC, superior vena cava; TR, tricuspid regurgitation; TTV, transcatheter tricuspid valve; computed tomography; imaging; tricuspid valve; valve replacement.

Publication types

Case Reports