Temporal Trends and Outcomes of Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement for Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis

Authors

Ayman Elbadawi, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
Marwan Saad, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Institute, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
Islam Y. Elgendy, Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Kirolos Barssoum, Rochester Regional HealthFollow
Mohamed A. Omer, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri.
Ahmed Soliman, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Mohamed F. Almahmoud, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.
Gbolahan O. Ogunbayo, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
Amgad Mentias, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
Syed Gilani, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.
Hani Jneid, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Herbert D. Aronow, Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Institute, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
Neil Kleiman, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.
J Dawn Abbott, Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Institute, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

Department

Internal Medicine

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Jacc. Cardiovascular Interventions

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to assess the temporal trends of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in patients with bicuspid aortic stenosis (AS), and to compare the outcomes between TAVR and surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in this population. BACKGROUND: Randomized trials comparing TAVR to SAVR in AS with bicuspid valve are lacking. METHODS: The study queried the National Inpatient Sample database (years 2012 to 2016) to identify hospitalizations for bicuspid AS who underwent isolated aortic valve replacement. A propensity-matched analysis was used to compare outcomes of hospitalizations for TAVR versus SAVR for bicuspid AS and TAVR for bicuspid AS versus tricuspid AS. RESULTS: The analysis included 31,895 hospitalizations with bicuspid AS, of whom 1,055 (3.3%) underwent TAVR. TAVR was increasingly utilized during the study period for bicuspid AS (p = 0.002). After matching, TAVR and SAVR had similar in-hospital mortality (3.1% vs. 3.1%; odds ratio: 1.00; 95% confidence interval: 0.60 to 1.67). There was no difference between TAVR and SAVR in the rates of cardiac arrest, cardiogenic shock, acute kidney injury, hemopericardium, cardiac tamponade, or acute stroke. TAVR was associated with lower rates of acute myocardial infarction, post-operative bleeding, vascular complications, and discharge to nursing facility as well as a shorter length of hospital stay. On the contrary, TAVR was associated with a higher incidence of complete heart block and permanent pacemaker insertion. TAVR for bicuspid AS was associated with similar in-hospital mortality compared with tricuspid AS. CONCLUSIONS: This nationwide analysis showed similar in-hospital mortality for TAVR and SAVR in patients with bicuspid AS. TAVR for bicuspid AS was also associated with similar in-hospital mortality compared with tricuspid AS. Further studies are needed to evaluate long-term outcomes of TAVR for bicuspid AS.

First Page

1811

Last Page

1822

DOI

10.1016/j.jcin.2019.06.037

Volume

12

Issue

18

Publication Date

9-23-2019

Medical Subject Headings

Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aortic Valve (abnormalities, diagnostic imaging, physiopathology, surgery); Aortic Valve Stenosis (diagnostic imaging, mortality, physiopathology, surgery); Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease; Databases, Factual; Female; Heart Valve Diseases (diagnostic imaging, mortality, physiopathology, surgery); Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation (adverse effects, mortality, trends); Hospital Mortality (trends); Humans; Incidence; Inpatients; Male; Middle Aged; Postoperative Complications (mortality, therapy); Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Time Factors; Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (adverse effects, mortality, trends); Treatment Outcome; United States (epidemiology)

PubMed ID

31537280

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