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Operation Method published in Lancet

Cluster Member Prof. Nickenig and an international team of physicians published a recent study about the minimal invasive treatment of tricuspid regurgitation in the Journal 'Lancet'.

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Georg Nickenig, Marcel Weber, Philipp Lurz, Ralph Stephan von Bardeleben, Marta Sitges, Paul Sorajja, et al.: Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair for reduction of tricuspid regurgitation: 6-month outcomes of the TRILUMINATE single-arm study“, The Lancet, Internet: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32600-5

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