severe symptomatic tricuspid stenosis often requires intervention.When the etiology is bioprosthetic valve failure,a challenging situation is met.Surgical valve replacement is the gold standard of treatment for severe...severe symptomatic tricuspid stenosis often requires intervention.When the etiology is bioprosthetic valve failure,a challenging situation is met.Surgical valve replacement is the gold standard of treatment for severe tricuspid valve(TV)disease.[1]However,a redo sternotomy is rarely performed for isolated TV disease due to very high perioperative mortality.[2]Evolving percutaneous technology presents new frontiers in treatment,with the valveinvalve procedure emerging as an alternative.We present a case of a 65year woman with progressive symptoms due to failure of a bioprosthetic valve in the tricuspid position who was not a surgical candidate but underwent percutaneous intervention with significant clinical improvement.展开更多
文摘severe symptomatic tricuspid stenosis often requires intervention.When the etiology is bioprosthetic valve failure,a challenging situation is met.Surgical valve replacement is the gold standard of treatment for severe tricuspid valve(TV)disease.[1]However,a redo sternotomy is rarely performed for isolated TV disease due to very high perioperative mortality.[2]Evolving percutaneous technology presents new frontiers in treatment,with the valveinvalve procedure emerging as an alternative.We present a case of a 65year woman with progressive symptoms due to failure of a bioprosthetic valve in the tricuspid position who was not a surgical candidate but underwent percutaneous intervention with significant clinical improvement.
