Department of Cardiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center Bern, Bern University Hospital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.
Eur Heart J. 2013 Nov;34(44):3437-50. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht408. Epub 2013 Oct 3.
Our aim was to evaluate the invasive haemodynamic indices of high-risk symptomatic patients presenting with 'paradoxical' low-flow, low-gradient, severe aortic stenosis (AS) (PLF-LG) and low-flow, low-gradient severe AS (LEF-LG) and to compare clinical outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) among these challenging AS subgroups.
Of 534 symptomatic patients undergoing TAVI, 385 had a full pre-procedural right and left heart catheterization. A total of 208 patients had high-gradient severe AS [HGAS; mean gradient (MG) ≥40 mmHg], 85 had PLF-LG [MG ≤ 40 mmHg, indexed aortic valve area [iAVA] ≤0.6 cm(2) m(-2), stroke volume index ≤35 mL/m(2), ejection fraction (EF) ≥50%], and 61 had LEF-LG (MG ≤ 40 mmHg, iAVA ≤0.6 cm(2) m(-2), EF ≤40%). Compared with HGAS, PLF-LG and LEF-LG had higher systemic vascular resistances (HGAS: 1912 ± 654 vs.
PLF-LG: 2006 ± 586 vs.
LEF-LG: 2216 ± 765 dyne s m(-5), P = 0.007) but lower valvulo-arterial impedances (HGAS: 7.8 ± 2.7 vs.
PLF-LG: 6.9 ± 1.9 vs.
LEF-LG: 7.7 ± 2.5 mmHg mL(-1) m(-2), P = 0.027). At 30 days, no differences in cardiac death (6.5 vs. 4.9 vs. 6.6%, P = 0.90) or death (8.4 vs. 6.1 vs. 6.6%, P = 0.88) were observed among HGAS, PLF-LG, and LEF-LG groups, respectively. At 1 year, New York Heart Association functional improvement occurred in most surviving patients (HGAS: 69.2% vs.
PLF-LG: 71.7% vs.
LEF-LG: 89.3%, P = 0.09) and no significant differences in overall mortality were observed (17.6 vs. 20.5 vs. 24.5%, P = 0.67). Compared with HGAS, LEF-LG had a higher 1 year cardiac mortality (adjusted hazard ratio 2.45, 95% confidence interval 1.04-5.75, P = 0.04).
TAVI in PLF-LG or LEF-LG patients is associated with overall mortality rates comparable with HGAS patients and all groups profit symptomatically to a similar extent.
本研究旨在评估出现“矛盾性”低流量低梯度重度主动脉瓣狭窄(AS)(PLF-LG)和低流量低梯度重度 AS(LEF-LG)症状的高危患者的侵入性血流动力学指数,并比较这些具有挑战性的 AS 亚组患者经导管主动脉瓣置换术(TAVI)后的临床结局。
在接受 TAVI 的 534 名有症状患者中,385 名患者进行了全面的术前右心和左心导管检查。共有 208 名患者为高梯度重度 AS [HGAS;平均梯度(MG)≥40mmHg],85 名为 PLF-LG [MG≤40mmHg,指数主动脉瓣面积(iAVA)≤0.6cm²/m²,每搏量指数≤35mL/m²,射血分数(EF)≥50%],61 名为 LEF-LG(MG≤40mmHg,iAVA≤0.6cm²/m²,EF≤40%)。与 HGAS 相比,PLF-LG 和 LEF-LG 的全身血管阻力(HGAS:1912±654 vs. PLF-LG:2006±586 vs. LEF-LG:2216±765 dyne s m⁻⁵,P=0.007)更高,但脉管阻抗(HGAS:7.8±2.7 vs. PLF-LG:6.9±1.9 vs. LEF-LG:7.7±2.5mmHg mL⁻¹ m⁻²,P=0.027)更低。在 30 天时,HGAS、PLF-LG 和 LEF-LG 组之间的心脏死亡(6.5% vs. 4.9% vs. 6.6%,P=0.90)或死亡(8.4% vs. 6.1% vs. 6.6%,P=0.88)无差异。在 1 年时,大多数幸存患者的纽约心脏协会功能得到改善(HGAS:69.2% vs. PLF-LG:71.7% vs. LEF-LG:89.3%,P=0.09),总死亡率无显著差异(17.6% vs. 20.5% vs. 24.5%,P=0.67)。与 HGAS 相比,LEF-LG 患者 1 年的心脏死亡率更高(调整后的危险比 2.45,95%置信区间 1.04-5.75,P=0.04)。
PLF-LG 或 LEF-LG 患者的 TAVI 与 HGAS 患者的总体死亡率相当,所有患者在症状上均有相似程度的获益。