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Tampa General and USF Health achieved major medical milestones this month as the first in Florida and second in the nation to successfully replace a tricuspid valve in the heart with a minimally invasive procedure – using TricValve transcatheter bicaval implants.
This is a breakthrough treatment for patients not eligible for open heart surgery.
“The TricValve system represents a new transcatheter technology that could offer patients with symptomatic severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) and heart failure an option for symptom relief and improved function,” said Dr. Hiram Grando Bezerra, a professor at USF Health and director within the TGH Heart & Vascular Institute.
– Peter Schorsch, Extensive Enterprises Media