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- Document type:
- Journal Article
- Author(s):
- Bleiziffer, S; Mazzitelli, D; Opitz, A; Hettich, I; Ruge, H; Piazza, N; Lange, R
- Title:
- Beyond the short-term: clinical outcome and valve performance 2 years after transcatheter aortic valve implantation in 227 patients.
- Abstract:
- Although the procedural feasibility of transcatheter aortic valve implantation has been shown by multiple groups, longer-term data are rare. We report on 2-year follow-up clinical and echocardiographic results after transcatheter aortic valve implantation in 227 patients.Patients' mean age was 81 ± 7 years, 59% were female, mean European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation was 21% ± 14%, mean Society of Thoracic Surgeons score was 7% ± 5%, and access routes were transfemoral (n = 164), transapical (n = 54), axillary (n = 5), or transaortic (n = 4). A CoreValve (Medtronic Inc, Minneapolis, Minn) prosthesis was implanted in 174 patients, and a SAPIEN prosthesis (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, Calif) was implanted in 53 patients. Clinical and echocardiographic investigations were performed at 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years.Survival was 88.5% at 30 days, 75.9% at 6 months, 74.5% at 1 year, and 64.4% at 2 years. Patients improved significantly in New York Heart Association class after 6 months (from 3.2 ± 0.5 to 1.7 ± 0.7, P < .001) and up to 2 years (1.9 ± 0.7). Cumulative incidences of myocardial infarction, stroke, and life-threatening or major bleeding were 2.7%, 6.2%, and 16.2% at 2 years, respectively. The postprocedural mean transprosthetic gradient was 12 ± 4 mm Hg for all valves and did not change up to 2 years, and the effective orifice area was 1.5 ± 0.4 cm² with no change over 2 years of follow-up. Moderate or severe prosthetic regurgitation was present in 8% of patients at 2 years. In 6% of patients, the paravalvular or valvular regurgitation grade increased significantly over time.With excellent functional recovery of the patients, good systolic valve function, and overall low morbidity at 2 years, transcatheter aortic valve implantation may be considered the treatment of choice for aortic valve stenosis in elderly patients with an increased risk for surgery with a heart-lung machine.
- Journal title abbreviation:
- J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
- Year:
- 2012
- Journal volume:
- 143
- Journal issue:
- 2
- Pages contribution:
- 310-7
- Language:
- eng
- Fulltext / DOI:
- doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.10.060
- Pubmed ID:
- http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22137802
- Print-ISSN:
- 0022-5223
- TUM Institution:
- Klinik für Herz- und Gefäßchirurgie (Prof. Lange)
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