Tricuspid Regurgitation is a disorder in which the Tricuspid valve, the valve in between the two right chambers that does not close properly. As a result, blood flows backward through the Tricuspid valve. The Edwards Tricuspid Transcatheter Repair System includes an artificial device, made to serve as a spacer to treat the…
Kidney disease patients have a variety of severe bone disorders that result in rapid bone loss and fractures. We are doing this research study to determine relationships between bone quality determined from bone imaging and bone biopsy and by non-invasive measures from blood and skin. We are…