Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Intervention Risk Scores: Assessment in an International Multicenter Cohort
Current surgical risk calculators poorly predict outcomes for transcatheter tricuspid valve procedures, emphasizing the need for specialized prediction tools.
An international 6-center analysis of 457 TTVI patients found that all currently available risk scores for transcatheter tricuspid valve intervention were poorly calibrated or had low discrimination in contemporary cohorts, with surgical-derived scores overestimating mortality by 4-7 fold. This strongly argues for developing a dedicated contemporary TTVI-specific risk model.
What the study was
- Study design
- Retrospective multicenter cohort study
- Population
- Patients undergoing TTVI (6 international centers, 2019–2024)
- Sample size
- 457
- Category
- Diagnostics
- Maturity
- Validated
- Journal
- JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
Why it surfaced
Unsolicited find; important for structural cardiology risk stratification methodology; multicenter validation adds weight.
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