Association of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair With Quality of Life Outcomes at 30 Days and 1 Year: Analysis of the Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Improvements in symptoms, functional capacity, and quality of life are among the key goals of edge-to-edge transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) for mitral regurgitation.

Objective

To examine health status outcomes among patients undergoing TMVR in clinical practice and the factors associated with improvement.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry, which contains data on patients with severe mitral regurgitation treated with TMVR from 2013 through 2017 in 217 US hospitals.

Main outcomes and measures

Change in disease-specific health status (Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire-Overall Summary score [KCCQ-OS]; range 0-100 poin

SUBMITTER: Arnold SV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6583100 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature