Abstract
Paravalvular leak (PVL) is a shortcoming that can erode the clinical benefits of transcatheter valve replacement (TAVR) and therefore a readily applicable method (aortography) to quantitate PVL objectively and accurately in the interventional suite is appealing to all operators. The ratio between the areas of the time-density curves in the aorta and left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT-AR) defines the regurgitation fraction (RF). This technique has been validated in a mock circulation; a single injection in diastole was further tested in porcine and ovine models. In the clinical setting, LVOT-AR was compared with trans-thoracic and trans-oesophageal echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. LVOT-AR > 17% discriminates mild from moderate aortic regurgitation on echocardiography and confers a poor prognosis in multiple registries, and justifies balloon post-dilatation. The LVOT-AR differentiates the individual performances of many old and novel devices and is being used in ongoing randomized trials and registries.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 1161779 |
Journal | Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine |
Volume | 10 |
Number of pages | 15 |
ISSN | 2297-055X |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:2023 Abdelshafy, Serruys, Tsai, Revaiah, Grag, Aben, Schultz, Abdelghani, Tonino, Miyazaki, Rutten, Cox, Sahyoun, Teng, Tateishi, Abdel-Wahab, Piazza, Pighi, Modolo, van Mourik, Wykrzykowska, de Wintet, Lemos, de Brito, Kawashima, Søendergaard, Rosseel, Wang, Gao, Tao, Rück, Kim, van Royen, Terkelsen, Nissen, Adam, Rudolph, Wienemann, Torii, Neuman, Schoechlin, Chen, Elkoumy, Elzomor, Amat-Santos, Mylotte, Soliman and Onuma.
Keywords
- aortic regurgitation
- paravalvular leak
- quantitative aortography
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- videodensitometry