Three-Dimensional Measurement of Aortic Annulus Dimensions Using Area or Circumference for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Valve Sizing: Does It Make a Difference?
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
; 30(9): 871-878, 2017 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The use of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is increasing worldwide. We present our 6-year experience using three-dimensional (3D) transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and investigate whether different sizing methods of the aortic annulus lead to different prosthesis size that may impact outcome.METHODS:
We investigated 262 patients who underwent TAVR and had 3D TEE data sets of the aortic annulus. We have used the area-derived diameter (Darea = 2(area/π)) and the circumference-derived diameter (Dcirc = Circumference/π) to size the prosthesis in separate populations in different time periods.RESULTS:
The Dcirc method is correlated with lower incidence of paravalvular aortic regurgitation (PVAR; odds ratio = 0.44, 95% confidence interval, 0.23-0.85; P = .015). Other factors associated with PVAR were the cover index, area-mismatch index, and circumference-mismatch index. Retrospectively, for the purposes of the study, we used the Edwards-Sapien 3 Valve 3D sizing guide in all patients, to predict the hypothetical valve size with each method. In the whole population, the calculated Dcirc was higher in all cases (Dcirc = 23.4 ± 2.3 mm vs Darea = 22.9 ± 2.3 mm; P < .001). The two methods had good agreement in predicting the valve size (kappa = 0.600). In total, 192 (73.3%) patients were assigned for the same prosthesis size, whereas 70 (26.7%) would be eligible for a different size, of which 44 (16.7%) would definitely have had a different valve implanted.CONCLUSION:
Using the aortic annulus area or circumference to calculate the annular diameter provides different values. Comparing the two methods, a different prosthesis size could have been implanted in 26.7% of patients. In our series the use of circumference-derived diameter resulted in lower incidence of PVAR. The findings of this study may be independent of the imaging modality and may therefore also apply to computed tomography-based aortic annulus measurements, but this needs to be further investigated.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Válvula Aórtica
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Insuficiencia de la Válvula Aórtica
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Ecocardiografía Transesofágica
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Imagen por Resonancia Cinemagnética
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Imagenología Tridimensional
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Tomografía Computarizada Multidetector
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Reemplazo de la Válvula Aórtica Transcatéter
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
J Am Soc Echocardiogr
Asunto de la revista:
DIAGNOSTICO POR IMAGEM
Año:
2017
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Article