Bicaval Valve System for Tricuspid Regurgitation Treatment
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Tricuspid valve regurgitation (also called tricuspid insufficiency) happens when your tricuspid valve doesn't close all the way. This allows blood to flow backwards into the right atrium from the right ventricle of your heart. You also have less blood flowing to your lungs. This makes it harder for your heart to do its job correctly.
When tricuspid regurgitation gets severe, you might have some worrying symptoms, like:
- Fatigue
- Trouble breathing
- Pulsing feeling in your neck
- Pounding or too-fast heartbeat
- Swelling around your stomach, neck, or legs
Treating Tricuspid Regurgitation With a Bicaval Valve System
How we treat your tricuspid regurgitation depends on:
- What caused it
- How bad the symptoms are
- What your heart anatomy looks like
In some cases, you may not be a good candidate for certain procedures or surgery. If this is you, you may be a good fit for a TricValve® bicaval valve system.
How Does a Bicaval Valve System Work?
We're the first hospital on the East Coast to offer TricValve®, a transcatheter bicaval valve system for tricuspid valve regurgitation. Instead of open surgery, we use a small tube, called a catheter, to put the TicValve system in place.
Using the catheter, we place 2 short tubes, called stents, in the blood vessels leading to the right side of your heart. These stents also have valves inside them. The valves in the stents help prevent symptoms stemming from tricuspid regurgitation and improve your heart function.
Why Choose UVA Health to Treat Your Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation?
At UVA Health, you have options for your care. Besides the traditional open-heart procedures, we also offer procedures that don't involve major surgery.
Our Structural Heart and Valve Center is one of the few places in the U.S. that offers this range of less-invasive procedures for heart valve treatment. And, 4 of our heart, vein, and artery treatments received the highest possible rating from U.S. News & World Report.
Here, we offer both open surgery and less-invasive procedures to treat your valve disease.