ANTecedent Annular Reduction to Facilitate TransCatheter TrICuspid Valve Replacement (ANTARCTIC)
Ahmad Jabri, Luai Madanat, Richard Bloomingdale, Adam Foglesong, Amr Abbas, Brian Renard, Douglas Horstmanshof, Ivan D. Hanson · 2026
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Description
Ahmad Jabri and co-authors present a case report, published in 2026, on a staged fix for a leaking heart valve that was too wide for a standard implant. The patient, a man aged eighty-five, had severe leakage of the tricuspid valve and a weakened right side of the heart, with repeated hospital stays. The ring holding the valve had stretched so far that a replacement valve could not be fitted at first.
Doctors first used a clip like device that pinches the valve leaflets together, partly cutting the leak and shrinking the ring over time. Follow up scans then showed room for a large replacement valve, which was implanted in a second stage. The authors present the staged route as feasible for similar cases.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ahmad Jabri, Luai Madanat, Richard Bloomingdale, Adam Foglesong, Amr Abbas, Brian Renard, Douglas Horstmanshof, Ivan D. Hanson |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 6 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |