Transcatheter aortic valve implantation outcomes in patients with low flow low gradient aortic stenosis

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BACKGROUND: Some studies suggest that patients with low flow low gradient (LF-LG) aortic stenosis (AS) may achieve worse results after undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).

PURPOSE: To compare outcomes between LF-LG AS and high gradient (HG) AS patients submitted to TAVI.

METHODS: Inclusion of 480 consecutive patients who underwent TAVI between 2008 and 2020 at a single tertiary center. Patients were divided into high gradient AS and LF-LG AS; and baseline characteristics and outcomes after the procedure were collected and compared between groups.

RESULTS: Patients with LF-LG AS had worse baseline characteristics, with higher Society of Thoracic Surgeons score (p=0.008), New Euroscore II (p<0.0001), and NT pro-natriuretic peptide B (p=0.001), more frequent left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <40% (p<0.0001), coronary artery disease (p<0.0001), including previous myocardial infarction (p=0.002) and coronary artery bypass graft (p<0.0001), poor vascular accesses (p=0.026) and periprocedural angioplasty (p=0.038). In a multivariate analysis, adjusted to differences in baseline characteristics, LF-LG AS was associated with worse functional class at one year (p=0.023) and in the long-term (p=0.004) and with heart failure hospitalizations at one year and in the long-term (p=0.001 and p<0.0001). In a sub-analysis including only patients with LF-LG AS, those with LVEF <40% had the worst outcomes, with more global (p=0.035) and cardiovascular (p=0.038) mortality.

CONCLUSION: Patients with LF-LG AS have worse short and long-term outcomes, even when adjusted for baseline characteristic differences. The sub-group of patients with LVEF <40% have the most ominous global outcomes.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:41

Enthalten in:

Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology - 41(2022), 8 vom: 03. Aug., Seite 621-631

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Castelo, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
Grazina, André [VerfasserIn]
Mendonça, Tiago [VerfasserIn]
Rodrigues, Inês [VerfasserIn]
Brás, Pedro Garcia [VerfasserIn]
Ferreira, Vera Vaz [VerfasserIn]
Ramos, Rúben [VerfasserIn]
Fiarresga, António [VerfasserIn]
Cacela, Duarte [VerfasserIn]
Ferreira, Rui Cruz [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aortic stenosis
Baixo fluxo-baixo gradiente
Estenose aórtica
Journal Article
Low flow low gradient
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Válvula aórtica percutânea

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Date Revised 08.09.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.repc.2022.03.002

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM345903587