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In most patients, the valve itself has historically been considered intact. Yet, we have previously shown that the valve may not be an innocent bystander. In multiple sheep models, we have shown that the tricuspid valve thickens and stiffens. This remodeling may contribute to valve disease. Our goal is to extend our investigation of tricuspid valve remodeling to a rodent model, potentially opening scientific opportunity and enabling scaling our studies.<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>To this end, we used pulmonary artery banding (PAB) in male rats to induce pressure overload and right ventricular remodeling. After excising the tricuspid valve, we quantified anterior leaflet morphology, mapped anterior leaflet thickness using optical coherence tomography, and evaluated anterior leaflet belly mechanics using a custom bulge testing system.<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>Compared with SHAM controls, PAB increased anterior leaflet area. Moreover, anterior leaflets in PAB animals exhibited region-specific thickening, with the largest increases near the annulus. Finally, anterior leaflets in PAB animals were significantly less compliant. However, leaflet stiffening stemmed from aforementioned thickening, i.e., structural stiffening, not constitutive stiffening.<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:p>Our findings demonstrate that we can reliably quantify leaflet area, thickness, and stiffness in the minuscule tricuspid valves of rats. We also show that tricuspid valve remodeling is not ovine-specific, but also affects the tricuspid valves of rats. Together, our findings support our hypothesis that tricuspid valves are not innocent bystanders in regurgitation, and that rats may serve as a scalable model system for future investigations.<\/jats:p>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>NEW &amp; NOTEWORTHY<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Using a rat pulmonary artery banding model of pulmonary hypertension, we show that chronic right ventricular pressure overload induces leaflet enlargement and region-specific thickness remodeling of the tricuspid valve. Although structural mechanical metrics change under pressure loading, normalization by thickness reveals that geometric remodeling rather than intrinsic material stiffening predominates. These findings highlight leaflet structural (mal)adaptation as a potential contributor to functional tricuspid regurgitation and underscore the importance of considering leaflet geometry in therapeutic strategies.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.64898\/2026.07.08.737279","type":"posted-content","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,13]],"date-time":"2026-07-13T04:05:11Z","timestamp":1783915511000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The Tricuspid Valve Maladapts in a Pulmonary Hypertension Rat Model"],"prefix":"10.64898","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7842-1951","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chien-Yu","family":"Lin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 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