Original Research

DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-23-00948

Outcomes and predictors of left ventricle recovery in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Guy Witberg1, MD, MPH; Amos Levi1, MD; Yeela Talmor-Barkan1, MD, PhD; Marco Barbanti2,3, MD; Roberto Valvo3, MD; Giuliano Costa3, MD; Valentina Frittitta3, MD; Ole De Backer4, MD, PhD; Yannick Willemen4, MD; Mark van Der Dorpel5, MD; Matias Mon6, MD; Atsushi Sugiura7, MD; Mitsumasa Sudo7, MD; Giulia Masiero8, MD; Edoardo Pancaldi9, MD; Dabit Arzamendi10, MD, PhD; Sandra Santos-Martinez11, MD; Jose A. Baz12, MD; Klemen Steblovnik13, MD, PhD; Victor Mauri14, MD; Matti Adam14, MD; Hendrik Wienemann14, MD; David Zahler15, MD; Manuel Hein16, MD; Philipp Ruile16, MD; Brídóg Nic Aodha17, MD; Carmelo Grasso3, MD; Luca Branca9, MD; Rodrigo Estévez-Loureiro12, MD; Ignacio J. Amat-Santos11, MD, PhD; Darren Mylotte17, MBBCh, MD, PhD; Matjaz Bunc13, MD, PhD; Giuseppe Tarantini8, MD, PhD; Luis Nombela-Franco6, MD, PhD; Lars Sondergaard4, MD; Nicolas M. Van Mieghem5, MD, PhD; Ariel Finkelstein15, MD; Ran Kornowski1, MD

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Data on the likelihood of left ventricle (LV) recovery in patients with severe LV dysfunction and severe aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and its prognostic value are limited.

AIMS: We aimed to assess the likelihood of LV recovery following TAVI, examine its association with midterm mortality, and identify independent predictors of LV function.

METHODS: In our multicentre registry of 17 TAVI centres in Western Europe and Israel, patients were stratified by baseline LV function (ejection fraction [EF] >/≤30%) and LV response: no LV recovery, LV recovery (EF increase ≥10%), and LV normalisation (EF ≥50% post-TAVI).

RESULTS: Our analysis included 10,872 patients; baseline EF was ≤30% in 914 (8.4%) patients and >30% in 9,958 (91.6%) patients. The LV recovered in 544 (59.5%) patients, including 244 (26.7%) patients whose LV function normalised completely (EF >50%). Three-year mortality for patients without severe LV dysfunction at baseline was 29.4%. Compared to this, no LV recovery was associated with a significant increase in mortality (adjusted hazard ratio 1.32; p<0.001). Patients with similar LV function post-TAVI had similar rates of 3-year mortality, regardless of their baseline LV function. Three variables were associated with a higher likelihood of LV recovery following TAVI: no previous myocardial infarction (MI), estimated glomerular filtration rate >60 mL/min, and mean aortic valve gradient (mAVG) (expressed either as a continuous variable or as a binary variable using the standard low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis [AS] definition).

CONCLUSIONS: LV recovery following TAVI and the extent of this recovery are major determinants of midterm mortality in patients with severe AS and severe LV dysfunction undergoing TAVI. Patients with no previous MI and those with an mAVG >40 mmHg show the best results following TAVI, which are at least equivalent to those for patients without severe LV dysfunction. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04031274)

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