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DALLAS, Feb. 17, 2025 — The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) has developed a globally inclusive standard dataset of 16 patient-centered outcome measures for people with heart valve disease, regardless of treatment (surgical or transcatheter procedure), according to a new report published today in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes .
The report, “The First International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) Standard Dataset for Reporting Outcomes in Heart Valve Disease: Moving From Device- to Patient-Centered Outcomes,” was a unique collaborative effort between patient representatives and representatives from several international cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery societies.
Highlights include:
The dataset was developed by a multisociety taskforce coordinated by the Heart Valve Society (HVS) including: the American Heart Association (AHA), the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), the Australian & New Zealand Society of Cardiac & Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS), the International Society for Applied Cardiovascular Biology (ISACB), the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS), the South African Heart Association (SHA), Heart Valve Voice and Global Heart Hub.
Writing group members and their disclosures are listed in the manuscript.
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Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
The First International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) Standard Dataset for Reporting Outcomes in Heart Valve Disease: Moving From Device- to Patient- Centered Outcomes