Percutaneous repair of the tricuspid valve using a novel cinching device: acute and chronic experience in a preclinical large animal model.

Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety, technical feasibility and performance of a new trans-catheter tricuspid repair system.

Methods And Results: Thirty-one adult swine underwent implantation of a transcatheter tricuspid remodelling system under general anaesthesia. The steerable transcatheter device was introduced through a 24 Fr femoral sheath into the right femoral vein and delivered to the tricuspid annulus on the beating heart.