Validation of the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire in Patients with Tricuspid Regurgitation: The Tri-QOL Study
Suzanne V. Arnold,
John A. Spertus,
Kensey Gosch
et al.
Abstract:ImportanceImproving 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 that has been 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.ObjectiveTo evaluate the psychometric properties of the KCCQ in patients with TR.Design, Setting, ParticipantsData were p… Show more
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