Cerebral blood flow and neurocognition in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis.
Eur Heart J Open
; 4(1): oead124, 2024 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
Aims:
Aortic valve stenosis (AS) results in higher systolic pressure to overcome resistance from the stenotic valve, leading to heart failure and decline in cardiac output. There has been no assessment of cerebral blood flow (CBF) association with neurocognition in AS or the effects of valve replacement. The goal was to determine if AS is associated with altered cerebral haemodynamics and impaired neurocognition, and whether transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) improves haemodynamics and cognition. Methods andresults:
In 42 patients with planned TAVR, transcranial Doppler (TCD) assessed bilateral middle cerebral artery (MCA) mean flow velocities (MFVs); abnormality was <34.45â cm/s. The neurocognitive battery assessed memory, language, attention, visual-spatial skills, and executive function, yielding a composite Z-score. Impairment was <1.5 SDs below the normative mean. The mean age was 78 years, 59% Male, and the mean valve gradient was 46.87â mm/Hg. Mean follow-up was 36 days post-TAVR (range 27-55). Pre-TAVR, the mean MFV was 42.36â cm/s (SD = 10.17), and the mean cognitive Z-score was -0.22 SDs (range -1.99 to 1.08) below the normative mean. Among the 34 patients who returned after TAVR, the MFV was 41.59â cm/s (SD = 10.42), not different from baseline (P = 0.66, 2.28-3.67). Post-TAVR, average Z-scores were 0.17 SDs above the normative mean, not meeting the pre-specified threshold for a clinically significant 0.5 SD change.Conclusion:
Among patients with severe AS, there was little impairment of MFV on TCD and no correlation with cognition. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement did not affect MFV or cognition. Assumptions about diminished CBF and improvement after TAVR were not supported.
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Eur Heart J Open
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2024
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