Valvular & structural heart disease

Treatment of late paravalvular regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: prognostic implications

Eur Heart JPublished Retrospective registry study

Authors' conclusion

This study describes the efficacy of transcatheter treatments for PVR after TAVI. Patients in whom PVR was successfully reduced had better prognosis.

Study context

Population
Patients undergoing transcatheter intervention for ≥ moderate paravalvular regurgitation (PVR) after index transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)
Participants
201 patients
Exposure
Redo-TAVI vs plug closure vs balloon valvuloplasty for PVR after TAVI
  • Redo-TAVIn = 87
  • Plugn = 79
  • Valvuloplastyn = 35
Outcome
Residual aortic regurgitation (AR) and mortality
Follow-up
1 year after PVR treatment
Methodological detailsmulticentre, 22 centres, consecutive patients, Median TAVI-to-re-intervention time 207 (35; 765) days, Failed valve self-expanding in 129 (63.9%)
  • Multicentre
  • 22 centres
  • Consecutive patients
  • Median TAVI-to-re-intervention time 207 (35; 765) days
  • Failed valve self-expanding in 129 (63.9%)

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

Mortality · 1 year
Overall 1-year mortality
29 (14.4%)
Between-strategy difference
P = 0.418

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

AR ≥ moderate persisting · 30 days

OutcomeRedo-TAVIPlugValvuloplastyP value
Mortality · 30 days0 events10.1%5.7%
1-year mortality by AR reduced to ≤ mild vs persisting ≥ moderateRegardless of treatment strategyP = 0.007
Aortic regurgitation (AR) ≥ moderate persisting — Overall
33 (17.4%)
AR ≥ moderate persisting — Between-strategy difference
P = 0.036
Mortality — Overall
10 (5.0%)
Mortality — Between-strategy difference
P = 0.010
  • 1-year mortality by AR reduced to ≤ mild vs persisting ≥ moderate: AR ≤ mild 8.0%
  • 1-year mortality by AR reduced to ≤ mild vs persisting ≥ moderate: AR ≥ moderate 21.4%

Original publication

Treatment of late paravalvular regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: prognostic implications. Eur Heart J. Published 22 March 2023. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehad146

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