Valvular & structural heart diseaseCohort study

Impact of Coronary Artery Disease and Revascularization on Outcomes After Transcatheter Tricuspid Edge-to-Edge Repair

JACC Cardiovasc IntervPublished

  • Observational cohort study
  • consecutive patients

Authors' conclusion

Obstructive CAD is common but typically low in complexity among T-TEER candidates. In low- and intermediate-risk patients, a higher residual SYNTAX score is associated with reduced survival.

Study context

Population
Patients undergoing tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (T-TEER) with preprocedural coronary angiography and SYNTAX scoringconsecutive
Participants
361 patients
Exposure
Obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) vs no CAD
  • CADn = 124
Outcome
All-cause mortality
Follow-up
12 months

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

12-month all-cause mortality

P = 0.616

Overall 12-month mortality
16.7%

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

OutcomeP value
12-month mortality, elevated vs lower residual SYNTAX score, by TRI-SCORE risk (subgroup) · 12 months — Elevated residual SYNTAX vs No CAD · low/intermediate risk: 20.8% vs 6.4% · effect modification by TRI-SCORE procedural riskP = 0.016
12-month mortality, elevated vs lower residual SYNTAX score, by TRI-SCORE risk (subgroup) · 12 months — Elevated residual SYNTAX vs No CAD · high risk: 27.6% vs 27.1% · effect modification by TRI-SCORE procedural riskP = 0.927
CAD prevalence and complexity
34.3% · 124 of 124

Risk stratification: residual SYNTAX added to TRI-SCORE (low/intermediate-risk CAD)

ΔC
+0.099

Original publication

Impact of Coronary Artery Disease and Revascularization on Outcomes After Transcatheter Tricuspid Edge-to-Edge Repair. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. Published 25 May 2026. doi:10.1016/j.jcin.2026.03.025

Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it