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Published in: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 1/2017

Open Access 01-12-2017 | Research article

Analysis of cardiovascular mortality, bleeding, vascular and cerebrovascular events in patients with atrial fibrillation vs. sinus rhythm undergoing transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVR)

Authors: Joerg Herold, Vasiliki Herold-Vlanti, Mohammad Sherif, Blerim Luani, Christin Breyer, Klaus Bonaventura, Ruediger Braun-Dullaeus

Published in: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders | Issue 1/2017

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Abstract

Background

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has been demonstrated to be an established therapy for high-risk, inoperable patients with severe symptomatic aortic valve stenosis. For patients with moderate surgical risk, TAVR is equivalent to conventional aortic valve surgery. However, atrial fibrillation (AF) is also present in many of these patients, thus requiring post-implantation oral anticoagulation therapy in addition to the inhibition of thrombocyte aggregation, which poses the risk of bleeding complications. The aim of our work was to investigate the influence of AF on mortality and the occurrence of bleeding, vascular and cerebrovascular complications related to TAVR according to the VARC-2 criteria.

Methods

Two hundred eighty-three patients who underwent TAVR between March 2010 and April 2016 were retrospectively examined. In total, 257 patients who underwent transfemoral access were included in this study. The mean patient age was 81 ± 6 years, 54.1% of the patients were women, and 42.4% had pre-interventional AF.

Results

Compared to patients with sinus rhythm (SR, n = 148), patients with AF (n = 109) had an almost three-fold higher incidence of major vascular complications (AF 14.7% vs. SR 5.4%, p = 0.016) and life-threatening bleeding (AF 11.9% vs. SR 4.1%, p = 0.028) during the first 30 post-procedural days. However, the rate of cerebrovascular complications (AF 3.7% vs. SR 2.7%, p = 0.726) did not significantly differ between the two groups. Overall mortality was significantly higher in patients with AF during the first month (AF 8.3% vs. SR 2.0%, p = 0.032) and the first year (AF 28.4% vs. SR 15.3%; p = 0.020) following TAVR.

Conclusion

Patients with AF had significantly more severe bleeding complications after TAVR, which were significantly related to mortality. Future prospective randomized studies must clarify the optimal anticoagulation therapy for patients with AF after TAVR.

Trial registration

DRKS00011798 on DRKS (Date 17.03.2017).
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Metadata
Title
Analysis of cardiovascular mortality, bleeding, vascular and cerebrovascular events in patients with atrial fibrillation vs. sinus rhythm undergoing transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVR)
Authors
Joerg Herold
Vasiliki Herold-Vlanti
Mohammad Sherif
Blerim Luani
Christin Breyer
Klaus Bonaventura
Ruediger Braun-Dullaeus
Publication date
01-12-2017
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders / Issue 1/2017
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2261
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-017-0736-6

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