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 ...

February is National Heart Health Awareness Month and during this month, The Hospitals of Providence is raising awareness of ...

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

Moderate-to-severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) has a high prevalence in the general population, 1 and it progressively increases in older individuals, in whom it is close to 4%.

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 ...

Heart sounds are one tool providers use to assess heart health. Learn about systolic, diastolic, and S1 to S4 heart sounds in ...

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