Patients in a high cardiac output state had a worse prognosis following transcatheter tricuspid valve repair, with 42% mortality compared to 24% in low CO state patients (log-rank P < 0.001).
Does baseline cardiac output state impact treatment success and prognosis in patients with severe functional tricuspid regurgitation undergoing transcatheter tricuspid valve repair?
In patients with severe functional tricuspid regurgitation undergoing transcatheter repair, high and low cardiac output states are associated with worse prognosis and attenuated physiological response compared to an intermediate state.
Aims To investigate whether there is evidence for distinct cardiac output (CO) based phenotypes in patients with chronic right heart failure associated with severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) and to characterize their impact on TR treatment and outcome. Methods and results A total of 132 patients underwent isolated transcatheter tricuspid valve repair (TTVR) for functional TR at two centres. Patients were clustered according to k‐means clustering into low [cardiac index (CI) 2.6 L/min/m 2 ) clusters. All‐cause mortality and clinical characteristics during follow‐up were compared among different CO clusters. Mortality rates were highest for patients in a low (24%) and high CO state (42%, log‐rank P < 0.001). High CO state patients were characterized by larger inferior vena cava diameters ( P = 0.003), reduced liver function, higher incidence of ascites ( P = 0.006) and markedly reduced systemic vascular resistance ( P < 0.001) as compared to TTVR patients in other CO states. Despite comparable procedural success rates, the extent of changes in right atrial pressures ( P = 0.01) and right ventricular dimensions ( P < 0.001) per decrease in regurgitant volume following TTVR was less pronounced in high CO state patients as compared to other CO states. Successful TTVR was associated with the smallest prognostic benefit among low and high CO state patients. Conclusions Patients with chronic right heart failure and severe TR display distinct CO states. The high CO state is characterized by advanced congestive hepatopathy, a substantial decrease in peripheral vascular tone, a lack of response of central venous pressures to TR reduction, and worse prognosis. These data are relevant to the pathophysiological understanding and management of this important clinical syndrome.
Unterhuber et al. (2021) studied this question. Patients in a high cardiac output state had a worse prognosis following transcatheter tricuspid valve repair, with 42% mortality compared to 24% in low CO state patients (log-rank P < 0.001).
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