Washington, Feb. 9 -- Physicians in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have pioneered using a catheter-based approach to treat patients with tricuspid valve disease. Physicians in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have pioneered using a catheter-based approach to treat patients with tricuspid valve disease. Image by Getty. Tricuspid valve, computer illustration. Cedars-Sinai Interventionalists Have Performed More Than 100 Minimally Invasive Tricuspid Valve Replacements, Including the First After Recent FDA Approval Physicians in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have achieved two significant firsts: completing the institute's 100 th minimally invasive tricuspid valve replacement and performing the first-ever implant...