Validation of the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire in Patients With Tricuspid Regurgitation.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Improving patients' health status is a key goal of treating tricuspid regurgitation (TR). The Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) is a heart failure disease-specific health status measure used to capture the health status impact of TR and the benefit of transcatheter tricuspid valve intervention (TTVI), but its validity in this clinical setting is unknown.

Objective

To evaluate the psychometric properties of the KCCQ in patients with TR.

Design, setting, and participants

Data were pooled from patients with severe TR enrolled in 11 manufacturer-sponsored trials of TTVI. The data were transferred to the US Food and Drug Administration to harmonize and anonymize prior to analysis by an independent center. Data were collected from December 2015 to A

SUBMITTER: Arnold SV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11525660 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature