Tavi prognosis

BACKGROUND: The effects of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function are well known in cardiac surgery, but unclear in transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). The objective of this study was to examine the association of preoperative LV diastolic function with medium to long-term outcomes of TAVI. METHODS: Eighty patients who underwent TAVI were classified into grades I, II and III based on preoperative LV diastolic function. Findings related to cardiovascular outcomes after TAVI were extracted retrospectively from clinical and echocardiographic data and relationships with diastolic function were examined...

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the impact of pacemaker mode programming on clinical outcomes in patients with high-degree atrioventricular conduction disturbance (AVCD) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). BACKGROUND: Although high-degree AVCD after TAVI can receive pacemaker, recovery of the AVCD is often observed. Specific pacemaker algorithms (AAI-DDD mode switch) are available which favor spontaneous atrioventricular conduction. METHODS: Of 1,621 consecutive multi-center TAVI patients, 269 (16...

The prognosis of patients with cardiogenic shock (CS) or refractory pulmonary edema because of severe aortic stenosis remains poor. The purpose of this study was to assess the outcomes of rescue percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty (PBAV) in the transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) era. Patients were consecutively included between 2008 and 2016. CS was defined as ≥1 sign of systemic hypoperfusion and need of catecholamines. Refractory pulmonary edema was defined as not controlled by optimal medical treatment...

AIM: To evaluate the incidence, risk factors, and prognostic implications of contrast medium-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) evaluation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Datasets from 98 out of 207 consecutive patients referred for multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) for TAVI evaluation were eligible for evaluation and were analysed retrospectively. The incidence of CI-AKI was correlated to outcome and to potential risk factors: kidney function (estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR]), heart failure, diabetes, amount of contrast medium, and duration of examination period...

Elevated carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA125) and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NTproBNP) have been associated with adverse outcome after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). This study performs a comparison of both biomarkers for prognosis after TAVI. The study includes 363 patients. The primary end point was all-cause death or readmission for worsening congestive heart failure within 1 year after TAVI, and this end point occurred in 16% of the population. The optimal cutoff to predict the primary end point was 18...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence and clinical impact of new-onset arrhythmias in patients following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). METHOD: We systematically identified studies reporting new-onset arrhythmias after TAVI other than atrioventricular conduction disturbances. We summarised monitoring strategies, type and prevalence of arrhythmias and estimated their effect on risk of death or cerebrovascular events by using random-effects meta-analysis...

BACKGROUND: The impact of paravalvular regurgitation (PVR) following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) remains uncertain. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of PVR on mortality and hospital readmission one year after TAVI. METHODS: Between January 2009 and June 2015, a total of 251 patients underwent TAVI with three different prostheses at two cardiology centers. Patients were assessed according to PVR severity after the procedure...

PURPOSE: To determine the time point at which thrombocytopenia after TAVI procedure is an indicator of the worst prognosis, with special consideration of perioperative platelet and coagulation activation as its potential causes. METHODS: Thirty two patients (mean age 78.5±7.9years, 62% females) qualified for TAVI procedure were prospectively evaluated. Platelet counts were assessed at baseline and for the next three postoperative (POD) days. Platelet activation was evaluated by P-selectin (PS, serum, ELISA) and platelet factor 4 (PF-4, CTAD plasma), and blood coagulation activation by prothrombin fragments 1+2 (F1+2, plasma, ELISA)...

AIMS: Series purely related to radiation-induced valvular heart diseases (RI-VHD) due to Hodgkin's lymphoma are scarce. We sought to report their contemporary management at the area of transcatheter therapies. METHODS AND RESULTS: We retrospectively enrolled all consecutive patients who underwent a surgical/transcatheter procedure between 2006 and 2016 at our institution for symptomatic RI-VHD due to Hodgkin's lymphoma. Management was left at the discretion of the heart team...

BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is strongly related to the in-hospital and short-term prognosis in patients with cardiovascular diseases needing surgical or invasive interventions. How T2DM might influence the treatment of aortic stenosis (AS) has not been completely elucidated for surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) or transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). The aims of this study were: (1) to describe the use of aortic valve replacement procedures (TAVI and SAVR) among hospitalized patients with and without T2DM; and (2) to identify factors associated with in hospital mortality (IHM) among patients undergoing these procedures...

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OBJECTIVES: This study prospectively evaluates the impact of the Haga Braincare Strategy (HBS) on the occurrence of haemodynamic and embolic stroke in a cohort of patients who underwent coronay artery bypass grafting (CABG), valve replacement of a combination of both types of surgery between 2012 and 2015 at the Haga Teaching Hospitals. METHODS: The HBS is a dual strategy based on a preoperative vascular work-up of the cerebral circulation by transcranial Doppler and a perioperative monitoring of the cerebral circulation by cerebral oximetry...

BACKGROUND: There is a consensus that overactivation of the cardiac sympathetic nervous system (CSN) proportionately increases the severity of heart failure and is accompanied by worse prognosis. Because it is unknown whether patients with aortic valve stenosis (AS) have similar CSN activation, we investigated the effect of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).Methods and Results:We enrolled 31 consecutive patients with AS treated by TAVI. (123)I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) myocardial scintigraphy was performed at baseline and at 2 weeks after TAVI...

Mitral regurgitation (MR) is the second most common valvular heart disease in the western world with a prevalence in the USA alone of two to four million people. MR is age-dependent and hence the MR burden is expected to increase with the increase in life expectancy observed in Europe and the USA. Medical and surgical treatment has been the cornerstone of the treatment as untreated MR results in poor prognosis. However, only a fraction of patients are offered surgical treatment due to high risk. With the success of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), many transcatheter options have emerged to provide a less invasive option for these patients...

BACKGROUND: Conflicting data have been reported related to the impact of atrial fibrillation (AF) on the outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). We aimed to assess the prognosis of TAVI-treated patients according to the presence of pre-existing or new-onset AF. METHODS: Studies published between April 2002 and November 2016 and reporting outcomes of pre-existing AF, new-onset AF, or sinus rhythm in patients undergoing TAVI were identified with an electronic search...

BACKGROUND: Gait speed reflects an important factor of frailty and is associated with an increased risk of late mortality in patients with cardiac disease. This study sought to assess the prognostic value of gait speed in elderly patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement. METHODS AND RESULTS: We investigated the 5-m or 15-feet gait speed (m/sec) in 1256 patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation using data from the OCEAN-TAVI Japanese multicenter registry (Optimized Catheter Valvular Intervention-Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation)...

Patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis have a poor prognosis with medical management alone, and surgical aortic valve replacement can improve symptoms and survival. In recent years, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has been demonstrated to improve survival in inoperable patients and to be an alternative treatment in patients in whom the risk of surgical morbidity or mortality is high or intermediate. A representative expert committee, summoned by the Association of Cardiovascular Interventions of the Polish Cardiac Society (ACVI) and the Polish Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons, devel-oped this Consensus Statement in transcatheter aortic valve implantation...

Patients with severe aortic stenosis and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) have a poor prognosis compared with patients with preserved LVEF. To evaluate the impact of early LVEF recovery in patients with baseline dysfunction on clinical outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), we included all consecutive patients who underwent TAVI from the Italian ClinicalService registry with an LVEF of ≤45% at baseline who had 1-month LVEF data. Patients who experienced a previous coronary artery bypass graft, a previous valve replacement, or a previous myocardial infarction were excluded from the analysis...

BACKGROUND: Coronary artery disease (CAD) and degenerative aortic stenosis often coexist. However, the impact of CAD and its management on the prognosis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) remains uncertain. We sought to evaluate the impact of obstructive CAD, SYNTAX score (Ss), and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) prior to TAVI on short-term outcome. METHODS: Overall, 896 patients who underwent TAVI after heart team decision was included...

BACKGROUND: Previous studies into the effect of a reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) on the short- and long-term prognosis of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) have reported conflicting findings. We analysed data from the Karlsruhe TAVI registry with the aim of addressing this question. METHODS AND RESULTS: Patients with aortic stenosis undergoing TAVI were divided into sub-groups according to EF: severely reduced (<30%; n = 109), reduced (≥30 and ≤40%; n = 201), and mid-range/preserved (>40%; n = 1690)...