Current risk scores are based on cardiac surgical procedures and therefore have limited application in transcatheter aortic or mitral interventions. Their ability to predict outcome in high-risk patients remains poor and the question of utility or futility of an intervention can only be decided by a team of physicians with diverse expertise.

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Kappetein, A. P. (2015). Measuring risk in valvular interventions: From low risk to futility. EuroIntervention (Vol. 11, pp. W23–W25). doi:10.4244/EIJV11SWA6