BACKGROUND: The American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the National
Institutes of Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease …

Heightened interest in tricuspid regurgitation (TR) stems from the consistent association of
mortality with greater severity of TR, and a low use of surgical solutions in the setting of high …

Abstract Background and Aims For patients with symptomatic, severe tricuspid regurgitation
(TR), early results of transcatheter tricuspid valve (TV) intervention studies have shown …

Interest in the pathophysiology, etiology, management, and outcomes of patients with
tricuspid regurgitation (TR) has grown in the wake of multiple natural history studies showing …

Background Risk estimation for surgical intervention is an essential component of heart
team shared decision-making. However, current mitral valve (MV) surgery risk models used …

Abstract Background The third-generation MitraClip NTR/XTR transcatheter edge-to-edge
repair system was introduced to assist in leaflet grasping with the longer clip arms of …

Right‐sided heart failure and tricuspid regurgitation are common and strongly associated
with poor quality of life and an increased risk of heart failure hospitalizations and death …

ABSTRACT The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2023 clinical practice guidelines for the
surgical management of atrial fibrillation incorporate the most recent evidence for surgical …

Background The fourth-generation mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER)
device introduced an improved clip deployment sequence, independent leaflet grasping …

Abstract The German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) is one of the German
Centres for Health Research and aims to conduct early and guideline-relevant studies to …