EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — It’s a serious heart defect that can cause blood to flow into the wrong part of the heart chamber, and up until recently, it required open heart surgery to fix. But now a local hospital is offering a minimally invasive surgery with higher survival rates.
Dr. Adam Saltzman and Dr. Benjamin Zorach from Southcoast Health joined Shannon Hegy on the most recent episode of 12 Health to talk about this new catheter-based surgery option for people with tricuspid regurgitation. It can be asymptomatic for a long time, with symptoms arising only at the point it’s advanced and dangerous.
Southcoast Health Heart and Vascular has been offering a catheter-based surgery to replace the leaky valve for about three years now, and the doctors say it’s a huge development for the population most impacted by this heart defect…