Device implanted for tricuspid valve replacement: First in United States
Monday, August 25, 2014 - 15:31
in Health & Medicine
America’s first transcather tricuspid heart valve replacement has been performed, providing an alternative to open heart surgery, clinical scientists report. Percutaneous interventions use hollow tubes called catheters to reach chambers of the heart rather than opening a patient's chest, and are increasingly used to fix heart valves.