Practice Tips With Dr. Lichaa: Percutaneous Aspiration of a Large Tricuspid Valve Vegetation

Dr. Hady Lichaa exhibits a case of percutaneous aspiration of a large tricuspid valve vegetation in a patient at high risk for cardiac surgery. This case outlines the expansion of new percutaneous aspiration tools that allow for successful extraction of large right-sided valvular vegetations in carefully selected patients at high risk for sternotomy.

Hady Lichaa, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM, RPVI, is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine and an interventional cardiologist who specializes in complex coronary interventions. He is a DocWire News content partner and contributes interventional-related content several times per month.

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