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Dynamic changes in aortic impedance after transcatheter aortic valve replacement and its impact on exploratory outcome. international journal of cardiovascular imaging Kobayashi, Y., Kim, J. B., Moneghetti, K. J., Kobayashi, Y., Zhang, R., Brenner, D. A., O'Malley, R., Schnittger, I., Fischbein, M., Miller, D. C., Yeung, A. C., Liang, D., Haddad, F., Fearon, W. F. 2017

Abstract

Valvulo-arterial impedance (Zva) has been shown to predict worse outcome in medically managed aortic stenosis (AS) patients. We aimed to investigate the association between Zva and left ventricular (LV) adaptation and to explore the predictive value of Zva for cardiac functional recovery and outcome after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). We prospectively enrolled 128 patients with AS who underwent TAVR. Zva was calculated as: (systolic blood pressure?+?mean transaortic gradient)/stroke volume index). Echocardiographic assessment occurred at baseline, 1-month and 1-year after TAVR. The primary endpoints were to investigate associations between Zva and global longitudinal strain (GLS) at baseline as well as GLS change after TAVR. The secondary was to compare all-cause mortality after TAVR between patients with pre-defined Zva (=5 mmHg m(2)/ml), stroke volume index (=35 ml/m(2)), and GLS (=-15%) cutoffs. The mean GLS was reduced (-13.0?±?3.2%). The mean Zva was 5.2?±?1.6 mmHg*m(2)/ml with 55% of values =5.0 mmHg*m(2)/ml, considered to be abnormally high. Higher Zva correlated with worse GLS (r?=?-0.33, p?

View details for DOI 10.1007/s10554-017-1155-6

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