UVM Medical Center is the only Vermont hospital offering Tricuspid Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (TEER) This new heart ...

Surface and volume-rendered images offer a 3D ... usually smaller in diameter than the LAD, encircles the mitral valve within the atrioventricular groove. The left atrial appendages usually ...

Better imaging of tricuspid valve anatomy and function during TTVI is provided by 3D intracardiac echocardiography (3D-ICE) and is emerging as a promising adjunct to transesophageal echocardiography ...

This review focuses on the current role and future prospects of CT in the assessment of aortic and mitral valves for transcatheter interventions, prosthetic valve complications ... of the tricuspid ...

Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are increasingly common across the heart failure population. Right ventricular failure (RVF) is a feared complication that can occur in the early post-operative ...

2 Systematic short-axis views at mitral valve (MV) level, at the base of papillary muscles ... A maximal WT ≥5 mm at end-diastolic subcostal or parasternal long-axis views at tricuspid chordae level ...

With new transcatheter options for the repair or replacement of tricuspid valves, the role and timing of repair — whether surgical or minimally invasive — is entering a time of transition.

The tricuspid valve is anatomically complex. It’s often called the “forgotten valve” because of its position in the back of ...

After a minor stroke, doctors at UVM Medical Center discovered blood was leaking back into Winter’s heart, a condition called tricuspid valve regurgitation. It’s common among older patients ...

Older Vermonters are finding a better quality of life thanks to a new heart valve procedure. Last year, Hazel Winter of ...