This prospective, multicenter, observational cohort study aims to establish a post-market registry framework to evaluate the real-world clinical applicability, long-term safety, and effectiveness of innovative heart valve devices in China.
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
18 Years
Max age
—
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients with valvular heart disease (VHD) receiving treatment with prosthetic aortic valve replacement systems (transcatheter and surgical valves), transcatheter mitral valve edge-to-edge repair (TEER) systems, or transcatheter tricuspid valve annuloplasty systems
* Age ≥ 18 years
* Patients who voluntarily participate in the study and sign the informed consent form
* Willing and able to comply with follow-up requirements
Primary outcome measure(s)
Mortality — Up to 1 year post-procedure
Rate of neurologic events — Up to 1 year post-procedure Neurologic events are defined according to VARC-3 criteria, including ischaemic stroke, haemorrhagic stroke, and Transient ischaemic attack (TIA):
Ischaemic Stroke: Acute focal neurologic deficit in a vascular territory with symptoms ≥ 24h OR \< 24h with neuroimaging (CT or MRI) or pathology confirmation of CNS infarction.
Haemorrhagic Stroke: Acute neurologic deficit due to non-traumatic intracranial hemorrhage, confirmed by neuroimaging (CT or MRI) or pathology.
TIA: Transient focal neurologic deficit \< 24h presumed to be ischaemic, but without evidence of acute infarction on neuroimaging (CT or MRI) or pathology.
Hospitalization — Up to 1 year post-procedure
Bleeding and transfusions — Up to 1 year post-procedure Bleeding events are defined according to VARC-3 criteria:
Type 1 (Minor): Overt bleeding that does not require intervention but leads to hospitalization, increased level of care, or medical evaluation, or requires a transfusion of 1 unit of whole blood or red blood cells.
Type 2 (Major): Overt bleeding that requires a transfusion of 2 to 4 units of whole blood or red blood cells, or is associated with a hemoglobin drop of 3 to 5 g/dL.
Type 3 (Life-threatening or Disabling): Overt bleeding in a critical organ (e.g., intracranial, pericardial with tamponade), causing hypovolemic shock or severe hypotension requiring vasopressors or surgery, or requiring a transfusion of ≥ 5 units of whole blood or red blood cells, or associated with a hemoglobin drop ≥ 5 g/dL.
Type 4 (Fatal): Overt bleeding leading to death, classified as probable based on clinical suspicion or definite if confirmed by autopsy or neuroimaging.
Vascular and access-related complications — Periprocedural
Cardiac structural complications — Periprocedural
Bioprosthetic valve dysfunction — Up to 1 year post-procedure
Clinically significant valve thrombosis — Up to 1 year post-procedure
Technical success — Periprocedural Technical success is defined according to VARC-3 criteria, requiring the fulfillment of the following:
1. Freedom from mortality.
2. Successful access, delivery of the device, and retrieval of the delivery system.
3. Correct positioning of a single prosthetic heart valve into the proper anatomical location.
4. Freedom from surgery or intervention related to the device, or to a major vascular, access-related, or cardiac structural complication.
Device success — at 30 days Device success is defined according to VARC-3 criteria, requiring the fulfillment of the following:
1. Technical success
2. Freedom from mortality
3. Freedom from surgery or intervention related to the device or to a major vascular or access-related or cardiac structural complication
4. Intended performance of the valve
Early safety — at 30 days Taking the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement cohort as an example, early safety is defined according to VARC-3 criteria, requiring the fulfillment of the following:
1. Freedom from all-cause mortality
2. Freedom from all stroke
3. Freedom from VARC type 2-4 bleeding
4. Freedom from major vascular, access-related, or cardiac structural complication
5. Freedom from acute kidney injury stage 3 or 4
6. Freedom from moderate or severe aortic regurgitation
7. Freedom from new permanent pacemaker due to procedure-related conduction abnormalities
8. Freedom from surgery or intervention related to the device
Clinical efficacy — Up to 1 year post-procedure Taking the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement cohort as an example, clinical efficacy is defined according to VARC-3 criteria, requiring the fulfillment of the following:
1. Freedom from all-cause mortality
2. Freedom from all stroke
3. Freedom from hospitalization for procedure- or valve-related causes
4. Freedom from KCCQ Overall Summary Score \<45 or decline from baseline of \>10 point
This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.
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