Congenital heart diseaseCohort study
Heart Failure in Patients with a Systemic Right Ventricle: A Multicentre Study with Long-Term Follow-Up
- Retrospective cohort study
- multicentre
- international
Authors' conclusion
During follow-up, 24.3% of sRV patients had at least one HF hospitalization. Five simple, clinically-accessible variables can be used as a risk score tool to identify patients at higher risk of HF hospitalization.
Study context
- Population
- Adults with TGA and a systemic RV (systemic right ventricle (sRV)), without prior heart failure (HF) hospitalizationmedian follow-up 17.9 years
- Participants
- 522 adults
- Outcome
- HF hospitalization (admission for HF signs and symptoms with initiation or increase of HF medication)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
HF hospitalization · median follow-up 17.9 years (IQR 12.9-22.1)
Patients with ≥1 HF hospitalization
127 (24.3%)
10-year risk score (age, NYHA class ≥II, QRS >120 ms, AF, moderate/severe RV dysfunction): C-statistic
0.868 (95% CI 0.823-0.913)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Heart Failure in Patients with a Systemic Right Ventricle: A Multicentre Study with Long-Term Follow-Up. Eur J Heart Fail. Published 25 April 2025. doi:10.1002/ejhf.3664
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it