In June, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital began offering new hope to patients with leaky tricuspid heart valves. Dr. Neal Sawlani, interventional cardiologist and chief for the Division of Cardio…
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and Advocate Children’s Hospital in Park Ridge on Monday, April 4, 2016.
“We’re very enthusiastic about it,” Sawlani said. “Before this device, we did not have viable options for patients. If a valve was leaking tremendously, we were not sending them to open heart surgery. It was not effective, not proficient, not very successful.” A leaky tricuspid valve is also known as tricuspid regurgitation, a condition in which the valve between the two right heart chambers does not close properly, said Lauren Rohr, spokeswoman for Advocate Lutheran General. The condition can cause shortness of breath and fluid to collect in the abdomen or legs, often resulting in swelling, Rohr said.
“It’s actually really phenomenal,” Sawlani said. “Traditionally, the only options were open heart surgery. That does not work well for a tricuspid valve.” Heart valves are located between atriums, the top chambers of the heart, and ventricles, the bottom chambers, Sawlani said. On the right side of the heart, the tricuspid valve sits between the chambers, he said.
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