Cusp overlap versus standard three-cusp technique for self-expanding Evolut transcatheter aortic valves
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Cusp overlap versus standard three-cusp technique for self-expanding Evolut transcatheter aortic valves. / Wienemann, Hendrik; Maier, Oliver; Beyer, Martin; Portratz, Max; Tanaka, Tetsu; Mauri, Victor; Ernst, Angela; Waldschmidt, Lara; Kuhn, Elmar; Bleiziffer, Sabine; Wilde, Nihal; Schaefer, Andreas; Zeus, Tobias; Baldus, Stephan; Zimmer, Sebastian; Veulemans, Verena; Rudolph, Tanja Katharina; Adam, Matti.
In: EUROINTERVENTION, Vol. 19, No. 2, 05.06.2023, p. e176-e187.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Cusp overlap versus standard three-cusp technique for self-expanding Evolut transcatheter aortic valves
AU - Wienemann, Hendrik
AU - Maier, Oliver
AU - Beyer, Martin
AU - Portratz, Max
AU - Tanaka, Tetsu
AU - Mauri, Victor
AU - Ernst, Angela
AU - Waldschmidt, Lara
AU - Kuhn, Elmar
AU - Bleiziffer, Sabine
AU - Wilde, Nihal
AU - Schaefer, Andreas
AU - Zeus, Tobias
AU - Baldus, Stephan
AU - Zimmer, Sebastian
AU - Veulemans, Verena
AU - Rudolph, Tanja Katharina
AU - Adam, Matti
PY - 2023/6/5
Y1 - 2023/6/5
N2 - BACKGROUND: Reducing rates of permanent pacemaker implantation (PPI) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is important for achieving the best procedural outcomes. The cusp overlap technique (COT) implements procedural steps including an overlap angulation of the right and left coronary cusp to mitigate this complication.AIMS: We investigated the incidence of PPI and complication rates following the COT compared to the standard three-cusp implantation technique (3CT) in an all-comers cohort.METHODS: A total of 2,209 patients underwent TAVI with the self-expanding Evolut platform from January 2016 to April 2022 at five sites. Baseline, procedural and in-hospital outcome characteristics were compared for both techniques before and after one-to-one propensity score matching.RESULTS: A total of 1,151 patients were implanted using the 3CT and 1,058 using the COT. At discharge, the rates of PPI (17.0 vs 12.3%; p=0.002) and moderate/severe paravalvular regurgitation (4.6% vs 2.4%; p=0.006) were significantly reduced with the COT compared with 3CT within the unmatched cohort. Overall procedural success and complication rates were similar; major bleeding was less common in the COT group (7.0% vs 4.6%; p=0.020). These results remained consistent after propensity score matching. In multivariable logistic regression analysis, right bundle branch block (odds ratio [OR] 7.19, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 5.18-10.0; p<0.001) and diabetes mellitus (OR 1.38, 95% CI: 1.05-1.80; p=0.021) emerged as predictors of PPI, whereas the COT (OR 0.63, 95% CI: 0.49-0.82; p<0.001) was protective.CONCLUSIONS: The introduction of the COT was associated with a significant and relevant reduction of PPI and paravalvular regurgitation rates without an increase in complication rates.
AB - BACKGROUND: Reducing rates of permanent pacemaker implantation (PPI) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is important for achieving the best procedural outcomes. The cusp overlap technique (COT) implements procedural steps including an overlap angulation of the right and left coronary cusp to mitigate this complication.AIMS: We investigated the incidence of PPI and complication rates following the COT compared to the standard three-cusp implantation technique (3CT) in an all-comers cohort.METHODS: A total of 2,209 patients underwent TAVI with the self-expanding Evolut platform from January 2016 to April 2022 at five sites. Baseline, procedural and in-hospital outcome characteristics were compared for both techniques before and after one-to-one propensity score matching.RESULTS: A total of 1,151 patients were implanted using the 3CT and 1,058 using the COT. At discharge, the rates of PPI (17.0 vs 12.3%; p=0.002) and moderate/severe paravalvular regurgitation (4.6% vs 2.4%; p=0.006) were significantly reduced with the COT compared with 3CT within the unmatched cohort. Overall procedural success and complication rates were similar; major bleeding was less common in the COT group (7.0% vs 4.6%; p=0.020). These results remained consistent after propensity score matching. In multivariable logistic regression analysis, right bundle branch block (odds ratio [OR] 7.19, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 5.18-10.0; p<0.001) and diabetes mellitus (OR 1.38, 95% CI: 1.05-1.80; p=0.021) emerged as predictors of PPI, whereas the COT (OR 0.63, 95% CI: 0.49-0.82; p<0.001) was protective.CONCLUSIONS: The introduction of the COT was associated with a significant and relevant reduction of PPI and paravalvular regurgitation rates without an increase in complication rates.
KW - Humans
KW - Aortic Valve/surgery
KW - Aortic Valve Stenosis/surgery
KW - Postoperative Complications/epidemiology
KW - Heart Valve Prosthesis
KW - Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement/adverse effects
KW - Treatment Outcome
KW - Prosthesis Design
KW - Pacemaker, Artificial
KW - Risk Factors
U2 - 10.4244/EIJ-D-22-01030
DO - 10.4244/EIJ-D-22-01030
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 37013922
VL - 19
SP - e176-e187
JO - EUROINTERVENTION
JF - EUROINTERVENTION
SN - 1774-024X
IS - 2
ER -