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Barfuss SB, Boucek DM, McFarland CA, Martin MH, LuAnn Minich L, Eckhauser AW, Ou Z, Gray RG, Tani LY. Short-Term Left Ventricular Reverse Remodeling after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Children. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2022; 35:1077-1083. [PMID: 35618254 DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2022.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Revised: 05/01/2022] [Accepted: 05/01/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND There are no published data on left ventricular (LV) reverse remodeling after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in children. The aim of this study was to assess changes in LV echocardiographic parameters 6 months after TAVR in children. METHODS This single-center, retrospective study included all 22 patients (age < 21 years) who underwent TAVR. The median age was 14.7 years (interquartile range, 13.3-15.9 years), median weight was 57 kg (interquartile range, 46.0-66.3 kg), and 59% of patients were male. Demographics, type and duration of aortic valve dysfunction, symptom and treatment data, and preprocedural and 6-month follow-up echocardiographic data (LV volume, mass, end-diastolic dimension, end-systolic dimension, ejection fraction [EF], sphericity, and longitudinal strain) were collected. Failure to reverse remodel at 6 months was defined as meeting at least two of the following: Z score ≥ 2 that was unchanged or increased from baseline for LV volume, mass, end-diastolic dimension, or end-systolic dimension; abnormally high sphericity index that was unchanged or increased; and abnormally low EF or longitudinal strain. Median, interquartile range, and range are reported for continuous variables, and pre- and post-TAVR data were compared using the Wilcoxon signed rank test. RESULTS Eight patients (36%) had isolated aortic stenosis, four (18%) had isolated regurgitation, and 10 had (46%) mixed disease. Twelve (55%) had symptoms and 20 (91%) had prior surgical or catheter valve interventions. The primary complication was left bundle branch block, occurring in four children (18%). At 6 months, LV volume, mass, end-diastolic dimension, end-systolic dimension, and sphericity index improved. EF and strain were normal at baseline and at follow-up. Of three patients who failed to reverse remodel, two had left bundle branch block. Of three patients with persistent symptoms, one had failure of reverse remodeling. CONCLUSIONS Most pediatric patients had evidence of reverse LV remodeling 6 months after TAVR, suggesting a possible alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement in this population. Functional parameters (EF and strain) were normal at baseline and follow-up. Future studies are needed to determine optimal timing of TAVR and to explore the association of postprocedural left bundle branch block on failed reverse remodeling and outcomes in this population.
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- Spencer B Barfuss
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Kuneman JH, Singh GK, Hansson NC, Fusini L, Poulsen SH, Fortuni F, Vollema EM, Pedersen ALD, Annoni AD, Nørgaard BL, Pontone G, Ajmone Marsan N, Delgado V, Bax JJ, Knuuti J. Subclinical leaflet thrombosis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: no association with left ventricular reverse remodeling at 1-year follow-up. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2021; 38:695-705. [PMID: 34655348 PMCID: PMC8926967 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-021-02438-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hypo-attenuated leaflet thickening (HALT) of transcatheter aortic valves is detected on multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) and reflects leaflet thrombosis. Whether HALT affects left ventricular (LV) reverse remodeling, a favorable effect of LV afterload reduction after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is unknown. The aim of this study was to examine the association of HALT after TAVI with LV reverse remodeling. In this multicenter case–control study, patients with HALT on MDCT were identified, and patients without HALT were propensity matched for valve type and size, LV ejection fraction (LVEF), sex, age and time of scan. LV dimensions and function were assessed by transthoracic echocardiography before and 12 months after TAVI. Clinical outcomes (stroke or transient ischemic attack, heart failure hospitalization, new-onset atrial fibrillation, all-cause mortality) were recorded. 106 patients (age 81 ± 7 years, 55% male) with MDCT performed 37 days [IQR 32–52] after TAVI were analyzed (53 patients with HALT and 53 matched controls). Before TAVI, all echocardiographic parameters were similar between the groups. At 12 months follow-up, patients with and without HALT showed a significant reduction in LV end-diastolic volume, LV end-systolic volume and LV mass index (from 125 ± 37 to 105 ± 46 g/m2, p = 0.001 and from 127 ± 35 to 101 ± 27 g/m2, p < 0.001, respectively, p for interaction = 0.48). Moreover, LVEF improved significantly in both groups. In addition, clinical outcomes were not statistically different. Improvement in LVEF and LV reverse remodeling at 12 months after TAVI were not limited by HALT.
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- Jurrien H Kuneman
- Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiovascular Imaging, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiovascular Imaging, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiovascular Imaging, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Lung Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands.,Turku PET Centre, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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Reducing Cardiac Injury during ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Reasoned Approach to a Multitarget Therapeutic Strategy. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10132968. [PMID: 34279451 PMCID: PMC8268641 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10132968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 06/22/2021] [Accepted: 06/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The significant reduction in ‘ischemic time’ through capillary diffusion of primary percutaneous intervention (pPCI) has rendered myocardial-ischemia reperfusion injury (MIRI) prevention a major issue in order to improve the prognosis of ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients. In fact, while the ischemic damage increases with the severity and the duration of blood flow reduction, reperfusion injury reaches its maximum with a moderate amount of ischemic injury. MIRI leads to the development of post-STEMI left ventricular remodeling (post-STEMI LVR), thereby increasing the risk of arrhythmias and heart failure. Single pharmacological and mechanical interventions have shown some benefits, but have not satisfactorily reduced mortality. Therefore, a multitarget therapeutic strategy is needed, but no univocal indications have come from the clinical trials performed so far. On the basis of the results of the consistent clinical studies analyzed in this review, we try to design a randomized clinical trial aimed at evaluating the effects of a reasoned multitarget therapeutic strategy on the prevention of post-STEMI LVR. In fact, we believe that the correct timing of pharmacological and mechanical intervention application, according to their specific ability to interfere with survival pathways, may significantly reduce the incidence of post-STEMI LVR and thus improve patient prognosis.
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Heger J, Trimaille A, Kibler M, Marchandot B, Peillex M, Carmona A, Matsushita K, Trinh A, Reydel A, Zeyons F, Petit-Eisenmann H, Jesel L, Ohlmann P, Morel O. Electrocardiographic Strain Pattern Is a Major Determinant of Rehospitalization for Heart Failure After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. J Am Heart Assoc 2021; 10:e014481. [PMID: 33459031 PMCID: PMC7955442 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.014481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background Electrocardiographic strain pattern (ESP) has recently been associated with increased adverse outcome in aortic stenosis and after surgical aortic valve replacement. Our study sought to determine the impact and incremental value of ESP pattern in predicting adverse outcome after transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Methods and Results A total of 585 patients with severe aortic stenosis (mean age, 83±7 years; men, 39.8%) were enrolled for transcatheter aortic valve replacement from November 2012 to May 2018. ESP was defined as ≥1-mm concave down-sloping ST-segment depression and asymmetrical T-wave inversion in the lateral leads. The primary end points of the study were all-cause mortality, rehospitalization for heart failure, myocardial infarction, and stroke. A total of 178 (30.4%) patients were excluded because of left bundle-branch block (n=103) or right bundle-branch block (n=75). Among the 407 remaining patients, 106 had ESP (26.04%). At a median follow-up of 20.00 months (11.70-29.42 months), no impact of electric strain on overall and cardiac death could be established. By contrast, incidence of rehospitalization for heart failure was significantly higher (33/106 [31.1%] versus 33/301 [11%]; P<0.001) in patients with ESP. By multivariate analyses, ESP remained a strong predictor of rehospitalization for heart failure (hazard ratio, 2.75 [95% CI, 1.61-4.67]; P<0.001). Conclusions In patients with aortic stenosis who were eligible for transcatheter aortic valve replacement, ESP is frequent and associated with an increased risk of postinterventional heart failure regardless of preoperative left ventricular hypertrophy. ESP represents an easy, objective, reliable, and low-cost tool to identify patients who may benefit from intensified postinterventional follow-up.
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- Joé Heger
- Pôle d'Activité Médico-Chirurgicale Cardio-Vasculaire Nouvel Hôpital CivilCentre Hospitalier UniversitaireUniversité de Strasbourg Strasbourg France
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- Pôle d'Activité Médico-Chirurgicale Cardio-Vasculaire Nouvel Hôpital CivilCentre Hospitalier UniversitaireUniversité de Strasbourg Strasbourg France
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- Pôle d'Activité Médico-Chirurgicale Cardio-Vasculaire Nouvel Hôpital CivilCentre Hospitalier UniversitaireUniversité de Strasbourg Strasbourg France
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- Pôle d'Activité Médico-Chirurgicale Cardio-Vasculaire Nouvel Hôpital CivilCentre Hospitalier UniversitaireUniversité de Strasbourg Strasbourg France
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- Pôle d'Activité Médico-Chirurgicale Cardio-Vasculaire Nouvel Hôpital CivilCentre Hospitalier UniversitaireUniversité de Strasbourg Strasbourg France
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- Pôle d'Activité Médico-Chirurgicale Cardio-Vasculaire Nouvel Hôpital CivilCentre Hospitalier UniversitaireUniversité de Strasbourg Strasbourg France
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- Pôle d'Activité Médico-Chirurgicale Cardio-Vasculaire Nouvel Hôpital CivilCentre Hospitalier UniversitaireUniversité de Strasbourg Strasbourg France
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- Pôle d'Activité Médico-Chirurgicale Cardio-Vasculaire Nouvel Hôpital CivilCentre Hospitalier UniversitaireUniversité de Strasbourg Strasbourg France
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- Pôle d'Activité Médico-Chirurgicale Cardio-Vasculaire Nouvel Hôpital CivilCentre Hospitalier UniversitaireUniversité de Strasbourg Strasbourg France
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- Pôle d'Activité Médico-Chirurgicale Cardio-Vasculaire Nouvel Hôpital CivilCentre Hospitalier UniversitaireUniversité de Strasbourg Strasbourg France
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- Pôle d'Activité Médico-Chirurgicale Cardio-Vasculaire Nouvel Hôpital CivilCentre Hospitalier UniversitaireUniversité de Strasbourg Strasbourg France
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- Pôle d'Activité Médico-Chirurgicale Cardio-Vasculaire Nouvel Hôpital CivilCentre Hospitalier UniversitaireUniversité de Strasbourg Strasbourg France.,Unité mixte de recherche (UMR) Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) 1260 Regenerative Nanomedicine Université de Strasbourg France
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- Pôle d'Activité Médico-Chirurgicale Cardio-Vasculaire Nouvel Hôpital CivilCentre Hospitalier UniversitaireUniversité de Strasbourg Strasbourg France
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- Pôle d'Activité Médico-Chirurgicale Cardio-Vasculaire Nouvel Hôpital CivilCentre Hospitalier UniversitaireUniversité de Strasbourg Strasbourg France.,Unité mixte de recherche (UMR) Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) 1260 Regenerative Nanomedicine Université de Strasbourg France
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Brener MI, Uriel N, Burkhoff D. Left Ventricular Volume Reduction and Reshaping as a Treatment Option for Heart Failure. STRUCTURAL HEART 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/24748706.2020.1777359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Yamashita Y, Tanoue Y, Sonoda H, Ushijima T, Kimura S, Oishi Y, Tatewaki H, Hiasa K, Arita T, Shiose A. Comparison of cardiac energetics after transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacements. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2019; 28:587-593. [PMID: 30364945 DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivy292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2018] [Revised: 08/17/2018] [Accepted: 09/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The effect of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) on cardiac energetics has not been described. We compared changes in cardiac energetics after TAVR with those after surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). METHODS We retrospectively estimated end-systolic elastance (Ees) and effective arterial elastance (Ea) using blood pressure and left ventricular (LV) volume obtained from echocardiography. LV efficiency [ventriculoarterial coupling (Ea/Ees) and the stroke work to pressure-volume area ratio (SW/PVA)] was calculated. Measurements were taken before, 1 week after and 1 year after bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement (TAVR, n = 56; SAVR, n = 61) in patients with severe aortic stenosis and preserved ejection fraction. RESULTS Patients with TAVR had a lower aortic valve pressure gradient and larger stroke volume 1 week after the procedure than those with SAVR. Ea was more markedly decreased, and LV efficiency was significantly improved 1 week after TAVR (SW/PVA 68.1% ± 8.4% to 72.0% ± 8.5%, P < 0.001), but LV efficiency was unchanged 1 week after SAVR (SW/PVA 70.1% ± 7.4% to 69.1% ± 8.0%). LV efficiency was improved 1 year after both procedures (SW/PVA 75.5% ± 6.1% in TAVR; 74.7% ± 6.4% in SAVR). CONCLUSIONS TAVR decreases the transvalvular pressure gradient further without deteriorating stroke volume in the early postoperative period, which is accompanied by early improvement in afterload and LV efficiency compared with SAVR. Improvement in LV efficiency at mid-term follow-up is satisfactory after both procedures.
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- Yoshiyuki Yamashita
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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Is left ventricular hypertrophy a friend or foe of patients with aortic stenosis? ADVANCES IN INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY 2018; 14:328-337. [PMID: 30603022 PMCID: PMC6309834 DOI: 10.5114/aic.2018.78734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2018] [Accepted: 08/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is traditionally considered a physiological compensatory response to LV pressure overload, such as hypertension and aortic stenosis (AS), in an effort to maintain LV systolic function in the face of an increased afterload. According to the Laplace law, LV wall thickening lowers LV wall stress, which in turn would be helpful to preserve LV systolic performance. However, numerous studies have challenged the notion of LVH as a putative beneficial adaptive mechanism. In fact, the magnitude of LVH is associated with higher cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, especially when LVH is disproportionate to LV afterload. We have briefly reviewed: first, the importance of non-valvular factors, beyond AS severity, for total LV afterload and symptomatic status in AS patients; second, associations of excessive LVH with LV dysfunction and adverse outcome in AS; third, prognostic relevance of the presence or absence of pre-operative LVH in patients referred for aortic valve surgery; fourth, time course, determinants and prognostic implications of LVH regression and LV function recovery after surgical valve replacement and transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) with a focus on TAVI-specific effects; fifth, the potential of medical therapy to modulate LVH before and after surgical or interventional treatment for severe AS, a condition perceived as a relative contraindication to renin-angiotensin system blockade.
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Han JJ, Atluri P. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Can we get through the turbulence? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2018; 156:1849-1850. [PMID: 30119901 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.07.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2018] [Accepted: 07/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Jason J Han
- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
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