Peter Fail, MD, interventional cardiologist at Cardiovascular Institute of the South (CIS) in Houma, is using the TriClip™ Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Repair (TTVr) System to treat tricuspid valve regurgitation, a condition in which the valve between the two right heart chambers does not close properly. A recent procedure took place at Terrebonne General Health System.
TriClip™ G4 TTVr is built on a clip-based platform that is uniquely designed for the right heart as an alternative treatment for high-surgical risk patients with tricuspid regurgitation (TR). It features several enhancements that offer physicians more treatment options which can be tailored to a patients’ unique tricuspid valve anatomy. It offers four implant sizes to give physicians the ability to choose an implant size for each patient. Physicians can also grasp leaflets simultaneously or independently with its controlled gripper actuation.
“Tricuspid regurgitation has long been ignored by the cardiovascular community, often referred to as ‘the forgotten valve,’” said Fail. “Yet, when you look at the data on patients with severe TR, they typically do not respond to medical therapy. The TriClip™ offers us the ability to treat these patients.”