Clinical outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement stratified by left ventricular ejection fraction: A single centre pilot study

Introduction: To define baseline echocardiographic, electrocardiographic (ECG) and computed tomographic (CT) findings of patients with heart failure undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and analyze their overall procedural outcomes. Methods: Between 2018 and 2021, patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) who performed transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in Sabah Al Ahmad Cardiac Centre, Al Amiri Hospital were identified. A retrospective review of patients' parameters including pre-, intra-, and post-procedural data was conducted. Patients were grouped in 2 subgroups according to their EF: EF <40% (HFrEF) and EF ≥ 40%. The data included patients’ baseline characteristics, electrocardiographic and echocardiographic details along with pre-procedural CT assessment of aortic valve dimensions. Primary outcomes including post-operative disturbances, pacemaker implantation and in-hospital mortality following TAVR were additionally analyzed. Results: A total of 61 patients with severe AS underwent TAVR. The mean age was 73.5 ± 9, and 21 (34%) of the patients were males. The mean ejection fraction (EF) was 55.5 ± 9.7%. Of 61 patients, 12 (20%) were identified as heart failure with reduced EF (<40%). These patients were younger, more often males, and were more likely to have coronary artery disease (75% versus 53.1%). Left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction was documented in 75% and 58.3% of patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) respectively. Post TAVR conduction disturbances, with the commonest being LBBB was observed in 41.7%. Permanent pacemaker was implanted in 3 of patients with HFrEF (25%). There were no significant differences between the two groups with regards to in hospital mortality (p = 0.618). Conclusion: Severe AS with EF <40% constitute a remarkable proportion of patients undergoing TAVR. Preliminary results of post-operative conduction disturbances and in hospital mortality in HFrEF patients were concluded to not differ from patients with LVEF ≥40%. © 2022

Authors
Al Balool J. , Al Jarallah M. , Rajan R. 2, 4 , Dashti R.2 , Alasousi N.2 , Koteivski V.2 , Taha Mousa A.S. , Al Haroun R. , Tse G.5 , Zhanna K.D. 4 , Setiya P.6 , Saber A.A.7 , Brady P.A.8
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd
Language
English
Status
Published
Number
103712
Volume
77
Year
2022
Organizations
  • 1 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Jabriya, Kuwait
  • 2 Department of Cardiology, Sabah Al Ahmed Cardiac Centre, Al Amiri Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait
  • 3 Department of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland
  • 4 Department of Internal Medicine with the Subspecialty of Cardiology and Functional Diagnostics Named after V.S. Moiseev, Institute of Medicine, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, Russian Federation
  • 5 Cardiovascular Analytics Group, Hong Kong, China: Key Laboratory of Ionic-Molecular Function of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300211, China
  • 6 Department of Agrometeorology, College of Agriculture, G.B.Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Uttarakhand, Pantnagar, India
  • 7 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde, UK, Glasgow, G1 1XH, United Kingdom
  • 8 Department of Cardiology, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago IL, United States
Keywords
AV block; LVEF; TAVI
Date of creation
06.07.2022
Date of change
06.07.2022
Short link
https://repository.rudn.ru/en/records/article/record/83641/
Share

Other records