{"id":9854,"date":"2026-04-03T20:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=9854"},"modified":"2026-04-03T20:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:37:00","slug":"center-of-excellence-criteria-for-transcatheter-tricuspid-valve-interventions-ttvi-key-points-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/center-of-excellence-criteria-for-transcatheter-tricuspid-valve-interventions-ttvi-key-points-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Center of Excellence Criteria For\u00a0 Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Interventions (TTVI )\u2014 Key Points (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Center of Excellence Criteria For<\/div>\n
Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Interventions (TTVI )\u2014 Key Points (2026)<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\u2022 New multi-society consensus (ACC\/AHA + others)<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 Severe TR + symptomatic despite GDMT<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 TEER \/ TTVR \u2192 QoL benefit only (no mortality benefit)<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\u2022 Major challenges:<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 Patient selection<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 Timing<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 Limited long-term data<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\u2022 Mandatory Heart Team (multidisciplinary)<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\u2022 Center requirements (high volume):<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 Surgery, TAVI, TEER, TEE volumes<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 Full structural + EP support<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\u2022 Operator requirements:<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 Structural experience (\u226550 cases)<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 Device-specific training<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\u2022 Procedure:<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 TEER: \u22652 operators<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 TTVR: multidisciplinary (3 operators)<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\u2022 Program maintenance:<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 Ongoing case volume required<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\u2022 Mandatory registry:<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 STS\/ACC TVT<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 CMS \u2192 coverage with evidence<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\u2022 Outcomes tracked:<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 Mortality, HF admission, TR severity, QoL<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\ud83c\udfaf Key Message<\/div>\n
\u2022 TTVI = program, not procedure<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\ud83e\udde0 Bottom Line<\/div>\n
\u2022 Success\u00a0 depends on:<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 volume + team + system quality<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 Therapy promising but still evolving<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Source (Primary):<\/div>\n
Multisociety Expert Consensus on TTVI Programs (ACC\/AHA\/ASE\/HRS\/STS)<\/div>\n
Date:<\/div>\n
March 27, 2026<\/div>\n
Link (ACC summary):<\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.acc.org\/Latest-in-Cardiology\/Journal-Scans\/2026\/03\/24\/18\/20\/New-ECSOCDD-TTVI<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Center of Excellence Criteria For Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Interventions (TTVI )\u2014 Key Points (2026) \u2022 New multi-society consensus (ACC\/AHA + others) \u2022 Severe TR + symptomatic despite GDMT \u2022 TEER \/ TTVR \u2192 QoL benefit only (no mortality benefit) \u2022 Major challenges: \u2022 Patient selection \u2022 Timing \u2022 Limited long-term data \u2022 Mandatory Heart Team […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9855,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9854\/revisions\/9855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}