Echocardiographic Imaging Considerations for Post-Implant Evaluation of the Transcatheter EVOQUE Tricuspid Valve Replacement System
Year: 2025
Type: review
Abstract: The transcatheter EVOQUE tricuspid valve replacement system is an approved device for the treatment of patients with symptomatic severe tricuspid regurgitation despite medical therapy both in the United States and in Europe. Specific imaging requirements are needed in the screening and in the intraprocedural phase as well as to assess this valve after implantation, in order to assess its positioning and performance. In this review, focus will be on the postoperative echocardiographic assessment of device positioning and stability; evaluation of residual central tricuspid regurgitation or paravalvular leak; valve thrombosis/degeneration; interaction of the device frame with the right ventricle and adjacent structures, including the aortic valve and interventricular septum; and placement of pacemaker leads. This review will therefore be centered on these essential imaging aspects in the echocardiographic postimplantation evaluation of the EVOQUE valve.
Source: JACC. Cardiovascular imaging
Authors: Anna Sannino, Federica Ilardi, Rebecca T. Hahn, Mehrnoush Toufan, Katie Nickolite, Vratika Agarwal, Benjamin Havens, Ivy Ku, Frank Silvestry, Ludwig Weckbach, Patrick Gleason, Mias Pretorius, Edwin Ho, John Tulloch, Tobias Ruf, Joshua Cohen, Neal Duggal, Partho P. Sengupta, Noreen Kelly, Bassem M. Chehab, Johanna Vogelhuber, Siddharth Vad, Florian Deuschl, Vinod H. Thourani, Philipp Lurz, Susheel K. Kodali, Paul A. Grayburn
Institutions: Heart Hospital Baylor Plano, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Edwards Lifesciences (United States), St Vincent Hospital, Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania, LMU Klinikum, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Emory University, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Montefiore Medical Center, Oklahoma Heart Institute, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Michigan Medicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Carolinas Healthcare System, Ascension Via Christi Hospital, Ascension Via Christi, University Hospital Bonn, Piedmont Atlanta Hospital, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $5,000
OpenAlex ID: W4413050337