Valvular & structural heart diseaseCohort study

Percutaneous Edge-to-Edge Repair for Tricuspid Regurgitation

JACC Cardiovasc IntervPublished

  • Prospective single-arm study
  • international
  • multicenter
  • core laboratory echocardiography

Authors' conclusion

In the longest follow-up to date of any T-TEER therapy, the TRILUMINATE study demonstrated that the TriClip procedure is both safe and effective, with sustained benefits at 3 years in subjects with symptomatic moderate or greater TR.

Study context

Population
Patients with symptomatic moderate or greater tricuspid regurgitation (TR)
Participants
98 patients

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

TR severity · 3 years

TR reduced to moderate or less

79%

TR reduction of at least 1 grade

92%

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

Durability of TR reduction, NYHA class and KCCQ quality of life · 3 years

TR reduction achieved at 1 year sustained through 3 years
Improvement in NYHA class and KCCQ vs baseline

Site-reported HF hospitalisation rate · 1 year before vs 3 years after implantation

HF hospitalisation rate 1 year before implantation
0.56 events/patient-year
HF hospitalisation rate 3 years after implantation
0.14 events/patient-year
Reduction
75% (P < 0.0001)

Original publication

Percutaneous Edge-to-Edge Repair for Tricuspid Regurgitation. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. Published 4 September 2024. doi:10.1016/j.jcin.2024.05.036

Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it