Valvular & structural heart disease
Association of Predicted Surgical Risk With 3-Year Outcomes After Isolated Tricuspid Valve Surgery: An Analysis of Medicare Beneficiaries
Authors' conclusion
In Medicare beneficiaries undergoing isolated TV surgery, predicted operative mortality was associated with 3-year survival, heart failure readmission, and health care costs. These contemporary real-world data may inform heart team discussions and future trial designs for emerging transcatheter therapies.
Study context
- Population
- Medicare beneficiaries undergoing isolated tricuspid valve (TV) repair or replacement (TVR) from 2018 to 2022, excluding endocarditispatients undergoing isolated TV surgery · TVR 1,285 · TV repair 2,152
- Participants
- 3,437 beneficiaries
- Exposure
- low and intermediate risk groups compared to high risk
Methodological detailsU.S. fee-for-service Medicare database
- U.S. fee-for-service Medicare database
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
In-hospital mortality
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Three-year survival · 3 years
Risk distribution
- Three-year survival: P < 0.001
Heart failure readmission-free survival
- Correlated with predicted risk
Valve reintervention · 3 years
- Low in all groups
- 2.5%
Index hospitalization costs
- Increased with predicted risk
Predicted in-hospital mortality model performance
- Optimism-corrected area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve
- 0.870
Original publication
Association of Predicted Surgical Risk With 3-Year Outcomes After Isolated Tricuspid Valve Surgery: An Analysis of Medicare Beneficiaries. JACC Adv. Published 3 October 2026. doi:10.
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it