Tricuspid stenosis treatment

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Treatment

The treatment is usually by surgery (tricuspid valve replacement) or percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty. The resultant tricuspid regurgitation from percutaneous treatment is better tolerated than insufficiency that occurs following mitral valvuloplasty