Valvular & structural heart disease

Refining Bleeding Risk Stratification After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR): Added Value of Closure Time of Adenosine Diphosphate (CT-ADP) Beyond High Bleeding Risk Criteria

JACC Cardiovasc IntervPublished Prospective registry cohort study

Authors' conclusion

Postprocedural CT-ADP assessment enhances bleeding risk stratification beyond VARC-HBR criteria and may support individualized management strategies in high-risk TAVR patients.

Study context

Population
TAVR patients from a prospective registry, bleeding risk by Valve Academic Research Consortium for High Bleeding Risk (VARC-HBR) criteriaanalysed
Participants
884 patients
Exposure
Postprocedural CT-ADP >180 seconds vs ≤180 seconds, added to VARC-HBR criteria
  • VARC-HBRn = 614
  • CT-ADP >180 secondsn = 220
Outcome
Major bleeding
Follow-up
2 years

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

2-year major bleeding

VARC-HBR vs Non-HBR: P < 0.0001 · CT-ADP >180 seconds vs CT-ADP ≤180 seconds: P < 0.0001

Predictive accuracy for 2-year bleeding, VARC-HBR score plus postprocedural CT-ADP >180 seconds (from 0.65 to 0.69)
P = 0.00012

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

OutcomeP value
Late bleeding, landmark analysis, among VARC-HBRCT-ADP >180 seconds vs CT-ADP ≤180 seconds · 11.4% vs 2.4%; log-rankP < 0.0001

CT-ADP, pre-TAVR vs 24 hours postprocedure

CT-ADP decreased: 170 seconds [124-300 seconds] vs 125 seconds [97-180 seconds]
P < 0.0001

Late bleeding, landmark analysis, among VARC-HBR

VARC-HBR criteria predicted periprocedural bleeding but not late bleeding

Original publication

Refining Bleeding Risk Stratification After TAVR: Added Value of CT-ADP Beyond High Bleeding Risk Criteria. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. Published 27 August 2025. doi:10.1016/j.jcin.2025.08.011

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