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Treatment of late paravalvular regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: prognostic implications

Uri Landes*, Aviram Hochstadt, Lisa Manevich, John G Webb, Janarthanan Sathananthan, Horst Sievert, Kerstin Piayda, Martin B Leon, Tamim M Nazif, David Blusztein, David Hildick-Smith, Chris Pavitt, Holger Thiele, Mohamed Abdel-Wahab, Nicolas M Van Mieghem, Rik Adrichem, Lars Sondergaard, Ole De Backer, Raj R Makkar, Ofir KorenThomas Pilgrim, Taishi Okuno, Ran Kornowski, Pablo Codner, Ariel Finkelstein, Itamar Loewenstein, Israel Barbash, Amir Sharon, Federico De Marco, Matteo Montorfano, Nicola Buzzatti, Azeem Latib, Andrea Scotti, Won-Keun Kim, Christian Hamm, Luis Nombela Franco, Antonio Mangieri, Wolfgang H Schoels, Marco Barbanti, Matjaz Bunc, Myriama Akodad, Ronen Rubinshtein, Haim Danenberg

*Corresponding author for this work
30 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

AIMS: Paravalvular regurgitation (PVR) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The effect of transcatheter interventions to treat PVR after the index TAVI was investigated.

METHODS AND RESULTS: A registry of consecutive patients who underwent transcatheter intervention for ≥ moderate PVR after the index TAVI at 22 centers. The principal outcomes were residual aortic regurgitation (AR) and mortality at 1 year after PVR treatment. A total of 201 patients were identified: 87 (43%) underwent redo-TAVI, 79 (39%) plug closure, and 35 (18%) balloon valvuloplasty. Median TAVI-to-re-intervention time was 207 (35; 765) days. The failed valve was self-expanding in 129 (63.9%) patients. The most frequent devices utilized were a Sapien 3 valve for redo-TAVI (55, 64%), an AVP II as plug (33, 42%), and a True balloon for valvuloplasty (20, 56%). At 30 days, AR ≥ moderate persisted in 33 (17.4%) patients: 8 (9.9%) after redo-TAVI, 18 (25.9%) after plug, and 7 (21.9%) after valvuloplasty (P = 0.036). Overall mortality was 10 (5.0%) at 30 days and 29 (14.4%) at 1 year: 0, 8 (10.1%), and 2 (5.7%) at 30 days (P = 0.010) and 11 (12.6%), 14 (17.7%), and 4 (11.4%) at 1 year (P = 0.418), after redo-TAVI, plug, and valvuloplasty, respectively. Regardless of treatment strategy, patients in whom AR was reduced to ≤ mild had lower mortality at 1 year compared with those with AR persisting ≥ moderate [11 (8.0%) vs. 6 (21.4%); P = 0.007].

CONCLUSION: This study describes the efficacy of transcatheter treatments for PVR after TAVI. Patients in whom PVR was successfully reduced had better prognosis. The selection of patients and the optimal PVR treatment modality require further investigation.

Original languageEnglish
JournalEuropean Heart Journal
Volume44
Issue number15
Pages (from-to)1331-1339
Number of pages9
ISSN0195-668X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Apr 2023

Keywords

  • Aortic Valve Insufficiency/etiology
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis
  • Aortic Valve/diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis
  • Humans
  • Prognosis
  • Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement/methods
  • Treatment Outcome
  • TAVI
  • Plug
  • Paravalvular regurgitation (PVR)
  • Redo-TAVI
  • Valvuloplasty

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