Community Health Network First in Indiana to Utilize New Valve Replacement Technology

For release on July 25, 2025

INDIANAPOLIS (July 25, 2025) – Community Health Network has completed the first commercial transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR) in Indiana. Doctors used the new EVOQUE™ Tricuspid Valve Replacement System, which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved in 2024. This procedure fixes a leaking tricuspid valve without opening the chest.

Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) happens when the valve between the right atrium and right ventricle of the heart leaks blood backward. Traditional treatment requires open-heart surgery.

Transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR) uses a thin tube called a catheter to deliver and implant a new valve through a vein in the leg. This approach is much less invasive than open-heart surgery.

The team at Community Heart and Vascular Hospital in Indianapolis completed the EVOQUE implant in under one hour. Compared to open-heart surgery, patients typically experience:

A hospital stay of about 2 days, instead of around 5 days
A return to normal activities in 2–4 weeks, instead of 8–12 weeks
30% fewer patients readmitted to the hospital within 30 days
80% of patients moving from severe symptoms to mild or none within one month

EVOQUE is the first and only FDA-approved device for replacing the tricuspid valve without open-heart surgery.

“This technology gives us an important new option for patients with leaking tricuspid valves,” said Dr. Sandeep Dube, Structural Heart Medical Director. “By using a catheter instead of open-heart surgery, we help people recover faster, spend less time in the hospital, and enjoy better quality of life.”

EVOQUE TTVR procedure team at Community Heart and Vascular Hospital

Community Health Network, a leader in transcatheter valve replacement, has already performed more than 1,500 transcatheter aortic valve replacements (TAVR). Adding TTVR to its services shows the Network’s commitment to offering the newest, least invasive heart treatments in Indiana.

More information on Community’s Heart and Vascular services is available here.

Contact:
Kris Kirschner, kkirschner@eCommunity.com, 317-690-3982
Bobbie Brooks, bbrooks@eCommunity.com, 317-432-3490

About Community Health Network
Headquartered in Indianapolis, Community Health Network has been deeply committed to the communities it serves since opening its first hospital, Community Hospital East, in 1956. Community Health Network puts patients first while offering a full continuum of healthcare services, world-class innovations, and a new focus on population health management. Exceptional care, simply delivered, is what sets Community Health Network apart and what makes it a leading not-for-profit healthcare destination in central Indiana. For more information about Community Health Network, please visit eCommunity.com.