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Post-procedural aortic regurgitation in balloon-expandable and self expandable TAVR procedures: analysis of predictors and impact on long-term mortality: insights from the FRANCE2 Registry.

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Submitted by

J. Rafael Sadaba

Source

Source Name: Circulation

Source URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24566199

Author(s)

Van Belle E, Juthier F, Susen S, Vincentelli A, Iung B, Dallongeville J, Eltchaninoff H, Laskar M, Leprince P, Lievre M, Banfi C, Auffray JL, Delhaye C, Donzeau-Gouge P, Chevreul K, Fajadet J, Leguerrier A, Prat A, Gilard M, Teiger E; for the FRANCE 2 Investigators.

In this study, the authors evaluate the relevance of post-procedural-aortic-regurgitation (AR) following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in patients included in the FRANCE 2 registry. They compare outcomes and risk factors for post-procedural AR in balloon expandable (BE) and self-expandable (SE) prosthesis. Not surprisingly, post-procedural AR was significantly more frequent in SE than in BE prosthesis. Post-procedural AR ≥2 was a predictor of 1-year mortality. Risk factors for post-procedural AR were identified for BE and SE prosthesis.