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Hello Fred,

I have mainly Tricuspid regurtitation and am always told how it is so much more risky and tricuspid is mostly experimental as far as fixing it. I am looking at surgery in the future since I am still in wait and watch mode because they said they dont consider surgery until it is severe with symptoms and I am moderate to severe at this time for the tricuspid. Not that I want surgery, but I am always wondering if all the waiting is doing more danage and when the time comes, my outsome odds will be lower because of the danage it does from waiting so long. Just wondering what your Drs said and what made them decide to do it for you. It seems when there is another valve being worked on, then the tricuspid is always fixed at same time, but when it is only tricuspid, they just dont go in and touch it because it is more risky. Does not make sense to me.