Comparative Outcomes of Tricuspid-Dedicated Versus Non-Dedicated Devices in Transcatheter Tricuspid Edge-to-Edge Repair

13 January 2026 : Clinical Research

Adam Rdzanek

^{ABCDEF 1}, Adam Piasecki

^{ABCDEF 1}, Mariusz Tomaniak

^{ADE 1*}, Ewa Pędzich

^{ADE 1}, Ewa Ostrowska

^{BE 1}, Paweł Pawłowicz

^{BE 1}, Agnieszka Kapłon-Cieślicka

^{BE 1}, Piotr Scisło

^{ABE 1}

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.950175

Med Sci Monit 2026; 32:e950175

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Table 2 Echocardiographic characterization of included patients.

Parameter	OverallN=44	Non-dedicated (MitraClip) N=22	Dedicated (TriClip or PASCAL) N=22	P value
Baseline MR
– No/trace	4 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (18.2%)
– Mild	9 (20.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (40.9%)
– Moderate	15 (34.1%)	6 (27.3%)	9 (40.9%)
– Severe	16 (36.4%)	16 (72.7%)	0 (0.0%)
Baseline TR				0.16
– Moderate	2 (4.5%)	2 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)
– Severe	18 (40.9%)	10 (45.5%)	7 (31.8%)
– Massive	14 (31.8%)	4 (18.2%)	10 (45.5%)
– Torrential	10 (22.7%)	6 (27.3%)	5 (27.3%)
LVDd	5.0 (2.0)	5.9 (1.1)	4.6 (1.3)
IVSd	1.1 (0.3)	1.1 (0.4)	1.0 (0.3)	0.18
PWTd	1.0 (0.1)	0.9 (0.3)	0.9 (0.1)	0.85
RV	3.6 (0.7)	3.7 (0.8)	3.5 (0.5)	0.37
Ao	3.4 (0.5)	3.5 (0.4)	3.3 (0.5)	0.33
LAA	37.0 (17.0)	39.3 (14.6)	39.6 (9.1)	0.97
RAA	31.6 (11.0)	35.0 (12.0)	34.3 (10.3)	0.78
LVEF	46.0 (31.0)	33.5 (24.0)	58.0 (16.0)
TAPSE	16.4 (3.5)	16.2 (3.9)	16.6 (3.2)	0.75
SPAP	47.0 (12.2)	47.2 (11.1)	46.9 (13.2)	0.95
TAPSE/SPAP	0.36 (0.19)	0.36 (0.13)	0.37 (0.17)	0.97
Ao – aorta diameter; LAA – left-atrial area; LVDd – left-ventricular diameter in diastole; LVEF – left-ventricular ejection fraction; IVSd – intraventricular septum in diastole; MR – mitral regurgitation; PWTd – posterior wall thickness in diastole; RAA – right-atrial area; RV – right ventricle; SPAP – systolic pulmonary artery pressure; TAPSE – tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion; TAPSE/SPAP – tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion to systolic pulmonary artery pressure ratio; TR – tricuspid regurgitation.

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