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Assessment of tricuspid valve by two‐ and three‐dimensional echocardiography with special reference to percutaneous repair and prosthetic valve implantation procedures
Author(s) -
Murray Christopher S. G.,
Salama Ahmed Y.,
Akdogan Raziye E.,
Harb Serge,
Nahar Tamanna,
Nanda Navin C.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.14130
Subject(s) - percutaneous , medicine , regurgitation (circulation) , tricuspid valve , cardiology , surgery
Moderate‐to‐severe tricuspid regurgitation affects approximately 1.6 million people in the United States. An estimated 8000 patients will undergo tricuspid surgery annually, leaving a large number of patients with this condition untreated. Many of these individuals who are not referred for surgery engender a large unmet clinical need; this may be primarily due to the surgical risk involved. In persons who are categorized as high‐risk surgical candidates, percutaneous procedures present a viable alternative. The majority of developmental attention as regards percutaneous approaches has been focused on the aortic and mitral valves recently, but few data are available about the feasibility and efficacy of minimally invasive tricuspid valve treatment. We review the usefulness of two‐ and three‐dimensional echocardiography in the assessment of the tricuspid valve with special reference to recent interest in percutaneous repair and prosthetic valve implantation procedures for severe functional tricuspid regurgitation.