Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Carlos Real, Marisa Avvedimento, Jorge Nuche, Anna Franzone, Julio Farjat-Pasos, Kim-Hoang Trinh, Robert Delarochelliere, Jean-Michel Paradis, Anthony Poulin, Eric Dumont, Dimitri Kalavrouziotis, Siamak Mohammadi, Siddartha Mengi, Giovanni Esposito, Josep Rodes-Cabau
Summary: This study aimed to determine the incidence, predictors, and clinical impact of periprocedural myocardial injury (PPMI) following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) as defined by the recent VARC-3 criteria. The results showed that about 10% of TAVR patients were diagnosed with PPMI according to VARC-3 criteria, and baseline factors such as female sex and peripheral artery disease were independent predictors. PPMI had a negative impact on early and late survival.
JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Flavien Vincent, Julien Ternacle, Tom Denimal, Mylene Shen, Bjorn Redfors, Cedric Delhaye, Matheus Simonato, Nicolas Debry, Basile Verdier, Bahira Shahim, Thibault Pamart, Hugues Spillemaeker, Guillaume Schurtz, Francois Pontana, Vinod H. Thourani, Philippe Pibarot, Eric Van Belle
Summary: TAVR is rapidly expanding its indications, but faces technical challenges and knowledge gaps when dealing with patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV). Physicians need to understand the BAV anatomy and TAVR procedure planning comprehensively to guide treatment decisions.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Vincenzo De Marzo, Gabriele Crimi, Matteo Vercellino, Stefano Benenati, Fabio Pescetelli, Roberta Della Bona, Matteo Sarocchi, Marco Canepa, Manrico Balbi, Italo Porto
Summary: PPMI is a common complication after TAVR, but it does not impact short-term or long-term mortality rates. SEV implantation is associated with a higher incidence of PPMI.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Ruben Evertz, Sebastian Hub, Bo Eric Beuthner, Soeren J. Backhaus, Torben Lange, Alexander Schulz, Karl Toischer, Tim Seidler, Stephan von Haehling, Miriam Puls, Johannes T. Kowallick, Elisabeth M. Zeisberg, Gerd Hasenfuss, Andreas Schuster
Summary: This study investigated the association between the subtype of aortic stenosis (AS), the degree of myocardial fibrosis (MF), and level of aortic valve calcification (AVC) with adverse cardiac events following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The results showed that MF is associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes, especially in low ejection fraction situations. AVC is also associated with adverse cardiac events, and in patients with high MF burden, a higher AVC is associated with lower mortality after TAVR. Therefore, TAVR can improve cardiovascular outcomes in patients with severe AS.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Shinichi Fukuhara, Chan Tran N. Nguyen, Karen M. Kim, Bo Yang, Gorav Ailawadi, Himanshu J. Patel, G. Michael Deeb
Summary: Despite the rapid adoption of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), there are limited data on aortic valve reintervention after initial TAVR. A retrospective study reviewed 1487 patients who underwent TAVR and found that 24 (1.6%) required aortic valve reintervention. Most patients were deemed unsuitable for repeat TAVR due to concurrent cardiac procedures, unfavorable anatomy, or endocarditis. Therefore, careful assessment of TAVR repeatability should be considered in the initial TAVR evaluation, especially for younger patients who may require aortic valve reintervention.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Lorenzo Braghieri, Simrat Kaur, Christopher K. Black, Paul C. Cremer, Shinya Unai, Samir R. Kapadia, Amgad Mentias
Summary: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is increasingly used as the main treatment for aortic stenosis compared to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). However, TAVR-related infective endocarditis (TAVR-IE) is expected to be more common in younger patients. Therefore, it is important for clinicians to be familiar with common presentations, major risk factors, diagnostic pitfalls, therapeutic approaches, and prevention of TAVR-IE.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Keti Vitanova, Syed Zaid, Gilbert H. L. Tang, Tsuyoshi Kaneko, Vinayak N. Bapat, Thomas Modine, EXPLANT TAVR Investigators
Summary: In this study, the outcomes of AVR and root replacement after TAVR explantation were compared. The results showed no differences in short-term mortality and morbidities between the two groups, although they had different clinical characteristics.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
(2023)
Editorial Material
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Alessandra Francica, Mikhail Dodonov, Filippo Tonelli, Gaetano Paolino, Gabriele Pesarini, Flavio Ribichini, Giuseppe Faggian, Francesco Onorati
Summary: This report describes a rare case of early postoperative fatal ViV-TAVR thrombosis despite adequate anticoagulation in addition to dual antiplatelet therapy.
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Alberto Alperi, Josep Rodes-Cabau, Matheus Simonato, Didier Tchetche, Gaetan Charbonnier, Henrique B. Ribeiro, Azeem Latib, Matteo Montorfano, Marco Barbanti, Sabine Bleiziffer, Bjorn Redfors, Mohamed Abdel-Wahab, Abdelhakim Allali, Giuseppe Bruschi, Massimo Napodano, Marco Agrifoglio, Anna Sonia Petronio, Cristina Giannini, Albert Chan, Ran Kornowski, Nili Schamroth Pravda, Matti Adam, Alessandro Iadanza, Stephane Noble, Andrew Chatfield, Magdalena Erlebach, Joerg Kempfert, Timm Ubben, Harindra Wijeysundera, Moritz Seiffert, Thomas Pilgrim, Won-Keun Kim, Luca Testa, David Hildick-Smith, Roberto Nerla, Claudia Fiorina, Christina Brinkmann, Lars Conzelmann, Didier Champagnac, Francesco Saia, Henrik Nissen, Hafid Amrane, Brian Whisenant, Jasmin Shamekhi, Lars Sondergaard, John G. Webb, Danny Dvir
Summary: In a large series of ViV-TAVR procedures, the incidence of periprocedural PPI was relatively low and decreased with the use of new-generation THV systems. Older age, larger THV size, and previous right bundle branch block were associated with an increased risk of PPI. Although there were no significant differences in 30-day mortality between the PPI and no-PPI groups, PPI patients exhibited a trend toward higher mortality risk at follow-up.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Laurent Faroux, Thibault Lhermusier, Flavien Vincent, Luis Nombela-Franco, Didier Tchetche, Marco Barbanti, Mohamed Abdel-Wahab, Stephan Windecker, Vincent Auffret, Diego Carter Campanha-Borges, Quentin Fischer, Erika Munoz-Garcia, Ramiro Trillo-Nouche, Troels Jorgensen, Vicens Serra, Stefan Toggweiler, Giuseppe Tarantini, Francesco Saia, Eric Durand, Pierre Donaint, Enrique Gutierrez-Ibanes, Harindra C. Wijeysundera, Gabriela Veiga, Giuseppe Patti, Fabrizio D'Ascenzo, Raul Moreno, Christian Hengstenberg, Chekrallah Chamandi, Lluis Asmarats, Rosana Hernandez-Antolin, Joan Antoni Gomez-Hospital, Juan Gabriel Cordoba-Soriano, Uri Landes, Victor Alfonso Jimenez-Diaz, Ignacio Cruz-Gonzalez, Mohammed Nejjari, Francois Roubille, Eric Van Belle, German Armijo, Saifullah Siddiqui, Giuliano Costa, Sameh Elsaify, Thomas Pilgrim, Herve le Breton, Marina Urena, Antonio Jesus Munoz-Garcia, Lars Sondergaard, Montserrat Bach-Oller, Chiara Fraccaro, Helene Eltchaninoff, Damien Metz, Maria Tamargo, Victor Fradejas-Sastre, Andrea Rognoni, Francesco Bruno, Georg Goliasch, Marcelo Santalo-Corcoy, Jesus Jimenez-Mazuecos, John G. Webb, Guillem Muntane-Carol, Jean-Michal Paradis, Antonio Mangieri, Henrique Barbosa Ribeiro, Francisco Campelo-Parada, Josep Rodes-Cabau
Summary: The study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Results showed that patients with STEMI after TAVR had longer door-to-balloon times and a higher PCI failure rate, leading to poorer outcomes attributed to coronary access issues specific to the TAVR population.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Harish Sharma, Shazia Afzal, Juergen Leick, Nikos Werner, Sagar N. Doshi, M. Adnan Nadir
Summary: This review aims to provide clinicians with guidance on the optimal antithrombotic strategy post-TAVR, taking into consideration different patient populations and the limitations of existing guidelines.
PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Marina Urena, Alec Vahanian, Eric Brochet, Gregory Ducrocq, Bernard Iung, Dominique Himbert
Summary: The clinical use of TMVR using transcatheter aortic valves is limited to patients with failing bioprostheses or rings, and mitral valve disease associated with severe mitral annulus calcification. While valve-in-valve TMVR seems to be a reasonable alternative to surgery for high-risk patients, there is less evidence supporting valve-in-ring and valve-in-mitral annulus calcification interventions.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Po-Han Lin, Hao-Ji Wei, Shih-Rong Hsieh, Hung-Wen Tsai, Chu-Leng Yu, Wen-Lieng Lee, Yung-Szu Wu
Summary: The aim of the study was to provide real-world data on outcomes for elderly Taiwanese patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement or surgical aortic valve replacement in different risk groups. The results showed that in all risk groups, patients in the TAVI group had shorter hospital stay and higher rate of paravalvular leakage compared to the SAVR group, but there were no significant differences in mortality rates between the two groups. Risk factors for higher 1-year and 5-year mortality included BMI less than 20 and acute kidney injury.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Yuya Adachi, Masanori Yamamoto, Tetsuro Shimura, Ryo Yamaguchi, Ai Kagase, Takahiro Tokuda, Satoshi Tsujimoto, Yutaka Koyama, Toshiaki Otsuka, Fumiaki Yashima, Norio Tada, Toru Naganuma, Motoharu Araki, Futoshi Yamanaka, Shinichi Shirai, Kazuki Mizutani, Minoru Tabata, Hiroshi Ueno, Kensuke Takagi, Yusuke Watanabe, Kentaro Hayashida
Summary: The study found that late kidney injury (LKI) after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is influenced by adverse cardio-renal events and associated with increased risks of late mortality. Patients with chronic kidney disease, coronary artery disease, periprocedural AKI, and heart failure-related re-admission within 1 year were more likely to develop LKI. Additionally, AKI-/LKI+ and AKI+/LKI+ were independent predictors of increased late mortality beyond 1 year post-TAVR.
AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Amgad Mentias, Marwan Saad, Milind Y. Desai, Amar Krishnaswamy, Venu Menon, Phillip A. Horwitz, Samir Kapadia, Mary Vaughan Sarrazin
Summary: The study compared outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in patients with rheumatic aortic stenosis (AS), as well as TAVR in nonrheumatic AS. The results showed similar mortality rates between TAVR and SAVR for rheumatic AS patients, suggesting that TAVR could be a viable alternative to traditional surgery in this patient population.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
(2021)
Editorial Material
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Brian R. Lindman, Elizabeth Perpetua
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
G. Michael Deeb, Jeffrey J. Popma, Stanley J. Chetcuti, Steven J. Yakubov, Mubashir Mumtaz, Thomas G. Gleason, Mathew R. Williams, Hemal Gada, Jae K. Oh, Shuzhen Li, Michael J. Boulware, Arie Pieter Kappetein, Michael J. Reardon
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY
(2020)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Philippe Pibarot, Erwan Salaun, Abdellaziz Dahou, Eleonora Avenatti, Ezequiel Guzzetti, Mohamed-Salah Annabi, Oumhani Toubal, Mathieu Bernier, Jonathan Beaudoin, Geraldine Ong, Julien Ternacle, Laura Krapf, Vinod H. Thourani, Raj Makkar, Susheel K. Kodali, Mark Russo, Samir R. Kapadia, S. Chris Malaisrie, David J. Cohen, Jonathon Leipsic, Philipp Blanke, Mathew R. Williams, James M. McCabe, David L. Brown, Vasilis Babaliaros, Scott Goldman, Wilson Y. Szeto, Philippe Genereux, Ashish Pershad, Maria C. Alu, Ke Xu, Erin Rogers, John G. Webb, Craig R. Smith, Michael J. Mack, Martin B. Leon, Rebecca T. Hahn
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Alan Vainrib, Daniele Massera, Mark Sherrid, Daniel G. Swistel, Daniel Bamira, Homam Ibrahim, Cezar Staniloae, Mathew R. Williams, Muhamed Saric
Summary: The article discusses the novel approach of using three-dimensional echocardiography to observe and treat obstructive heart valve disease, focusing on the visualization value of 3D TEE imaging of SAM. It provides step-by-step instructions for acquiring and optimizing imaging, and describes unique findings such as double-orifice LVOT, dolphin smile phenomenon, and delineation of SAM width.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Bahira Shahim, S. Chris Malaisrie, Isaac George, Vinod H. Thourani, Angelo B. Biviano, Mark J. Russo, David L. Brown, Vasilis Babaliaros, Robert A. Guyton, Susheel K. Kodali, Tamim M. Nazif, James M. McCabe, Mathew R. Williams, Philippe Genereux, Michael Lu, Xiao Yu, Maria C. Alu, John G. Webb, Michael J. Mack, Martin B. Leon, Ioanna Kosmidou
Summary: In low-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis treated with transcatheter (TAVR) or surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR), the presence of preexisting atrial fibrillation or flutter (AF) was associated with a higher risk of composite outcome of death, stroke, or rehospitalization at 2 years, regardless of treatment modality.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2021)
Letter
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Makoto Nakashima, Mathew Williams, Yuxin He, Run Du, Muhamed Saric, Cezar Staniloae, Michael Querijero, Illya Pushkar, Anna Kapitman, Hasan Jilaihawi
JACC-CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Martin B. Leon, Michael J. Mack, Rebecca T. Hahn, Vinod H. Thourani, Raj Makkar, Susheel K. Kodali, Maria C. Alu, Mahesh V. Madhavan, Katherine H. Chau, Mark Russo, Samir R. Kapadia, S. Chris Malaisrie, David J. Cohen, Philipp Blanke, Jonathon A. Leipsic, Mathew R. Williams, James M. McCabe, David L. Brown, Vasilis Babaliaros, Scott Goldman, Howard C. Herrmann, Wilson Y. Szeto, Philippe Genereux, Ashish Pershad, Michael Lu, John G. Webb, Craig R. Smith, Philippe Pibarot
Summary: In low surgical risk patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis, the PARTNER 3 trial showed superiority of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) over surgery for the primary endpoint at 1 year. However, at 2 years, differences in death and stroke between TAVR and surgery were no longer significant, and TAVR patients had an increased risk of valve thrombosis.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
(2021)
Editorial Material
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Brian R. Lindman, W. David Merryman
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Paul C. Cremer, Tom Kai Ming Wang, L. Leonardo Rodriguez, Brian R. Lindman, Yiran Zhang, Alan Zajarias, Rebecca T. Hahn, Stamatios Lerakis, S. Chris Malaisrie, Pamela S. Douglas, Philippe Pibarot, Lars G. Svensson, Samir Kapadia, Martin B. Leon, Wael A. Jaber
Summary: This study found that worsening tricuspid regurgitation (TR) after aortic valve replacement surgery occurred in both TAVR and SAVR patients, and was associated with female sex, atrial fibrillation, right ventricular enlargement, and SAVR. Regardless of mode of AVR, worsening TR was similarly associated with a poor prognosis, highlighting the need for future research on preventing or treating worsening TR to improve outcomes.
CIRCULATION-CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
(2021)
Editorial Material
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Brian R. Lindman, Kashish Goel
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Bahira Shahim, Bjorn Redfors, Brian R. Lindman, Shmuel Chen, Torsten Dahlen, Tamim Nazif, Samir Kapadia, Zachary M. Gertz, Aaron C. Crowley, Ditian Li, Vinod H. Thourani, Susheel K. Kodali, Alan Zajarias, Vasilis C. Babaliaros, Robert A. Guyton, Sammy Elmariah, Howard C. Herrmann, David J. Cohen, Michael J. Mack, Craig R. Smith, Martin B. Leon, Isaac George
Summary: Elevated baseline NLR is associated with increased subsequent mortality and rehospitalization after TAVR or SAVR, while the decrease in NLR after TAVR or SAVR is linked to improved outcomes.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
(2022)
Editorial Material
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Brian R. Lindman, Gregg C. Fonarow, Gary Myers, Heather M. Alger, Christine Rutan, Katie Troll, Angeline Aringo, Melanie Shahriary, Mariell Jessup, Suzanne V. Arnold, Pinak B. Shah, Wilson Y. Szeto, Clyde W. Yancy, Catherine M. Otto
CIRCULATION-CARDIOVASCULAR QUALITY AND OUTCOMES
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Cezar Staniloae, Homam Ibrahim, Jorge Fuentes, Carlos Gonzales, Anna Kapitman, Samantha Vidal, Sonja Paschke, Kazuhiro Hisamoto, Hasan Jilaihawi, Mathew Williams
Summary: This study describes the use of orbital atherectomy to prepare iliofemoral vessels for large-bore access prior to transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), which is shown to be a safe and effective technique for facilitating TF-TAVR in patients with hostile peripheral anatomy.
JOURNAL OF INVASIVE CARDIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos, Michael J. Reardon, Mathew R. Williams, Abeel A. Mangi, Neal S. Kleiman, Steven J. Yakubov, Daniel Watson, Susheel Kodali, Isaac George, Peter Tadros, George L. I. I. I. I. I. I. Zorn, John Brown, Robert Kipperman, Jae K. Oh, Hongyan Qiao, John K. Forrest
Summary: The study evaluated the clinical and hemodynamic performance of the Evolut PRO system at 3 years post TAVR, showing favorable outcomes with low mortality rates, excellent hemodynamics, and low prevalence of PVR.
CARDIOVASCULAR REVASCULARIZATION MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Justyna Rzucidlo, Vita Jaspan, Darien Paone, Hasan Jilaihawi, Yuhe Xia, Anna Kapitman, Makoto Nakashima, Yuxin He, Homam Ibrahim, Illya Pushkar, Peter J. Neuburger, Muhamed Saric, Daniel Bamira, Sonja Paschke, Chloe Kalish, Cezar Staniloae, Binita Shah, Mathew Williams
Summary: This study focused on the long-term outcomes of patients with renal insufficiency after TAVR, showing that despite procedural optimization with transfemoral access and extremely low-contrast approach, these patients remain a challenging population with poor long-term outcomes.
CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS
(2021)