Affiliation:
1. Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University of Leipzig , Struempellstrasse 39, D-04289 Leipzig , Germany
2. Cardiovascular Research Foundation , NewYork, NY , USA
3. Center for Cardiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz , Mainz , Germany
Abstract
Abstract
Aims
Patients with diastolic dysfunction (DD) experience worse outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). We investigated the prognostic value and clinical utility of left atrial reservoir strain (LARS) in patients undergoing TAVR for aortic stenosis (AS).
Methods and results
All consecutive patients undergoing TAVR between January 2018 and December 2018 were included if discharge echocardiography and follow-up were available. LARS was derived from 2D-speckle-tracking. Patients were grouped into three tertiles according to LARS. DD was analysed using the ASE/EACVI-algorithm. The primary outcome was a composite of all-cause death and readmission for worsening heart failure 12 months after TAVR. Overall, 606 patients were available [age 80 years, interquartile range (IQR) 77–84], including 53% women. Median LARS was 13.0% (IQR 8.4–18.3). Patients were classified by LARS tertiles [mildly impaired 21.4% (IQR 18.3–24.5), moderately impaired 13.0% (IQR 11.3–14.6), severely impaired 7.1% (IQR 5.4–8.4), P < 0.0001]. The primary outcome occurred more often in patients with impaired LARS (mildly impaired 7.4%, moderately impaired 13.4%, and severely impaired 25.7%, P < 0.0001). On adjusted multivariable Cox regression analysis, LARS tertiles [hazard ratio (HR) 0.62, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.44–0.86, P = 0.005] and higher degree of tricuspid regurgitation (HR 1.82, 95% CI 1.23–2.98, P = 0.003) were the only significant predictors of the primary endpoint. Importantly, DD was unavailable in 56% of patients, but LARS assessment allowed for reliable prognostication regarding the primary endpoint in subgroups without DD assessment (HR 0.64, 95% CI 0.47–0.87, P = 0.003).
Conclusion
Impaired LARS is independently associated with worse outcomes in patients undergoing TAVR. LARS allows for risk stratification at discharge even in patients where DD cannot be assessed by conventional echocardiographic means.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,General Medicine
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