Transcatheter Mitral Valve Therapies in Patients with Mitral Annular Calcification.

Mitral annular calcification is a chronic process involving degeneration and calcium deposition within the fibrous skeleton of the mitral valve annulus, which can lead to mitral valve dysfunction. It can be asymptomatic, or it can have pathologic sequelae leading to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Mitral annular calcification is increasingly recognized with the advancement of diagnostic imaging modalities, especially in an era with a growing elderly population. Its presence poses considerable challenges in terms of surgical and transcatheter management. Multiple surgical and transcatheter techniques have been developed to overcome these challenges. New transcatheter technologies are under investigation to tackle this problem.

Myocardial infarct size and sex-related angiographic differences in myocardial infarction in nonobstructive coronary artery disease.

BACKGROUND: Myocardial infarction in nonobstructive coronary artery disease (MINOCA) is a recently described infarct subtype. There are few studies that examine coronary artery disease (CAD) extent, MI size and type, and treatment differences at hospital discharge compared to myocardial infarction in obstructive coronary artery disease (MICAD), or that explore sex-specific MINOCA attributes of coronary anatomy and infarct size. METHODS: Our study population consisted of a single tertiary-center of consecutive patients that had coronary angiography for acute MI between 2005 and 2015. The MI type at presentation, MI size and ejection fraction (post-MI), and gender differences between MINOCA patients were examined. RESULT: Among 1698 cases with acute MI, 95 had MINOCA (5.6%). MINOCA patients were younger, more often had NSTEMI, lower peak cardiac troponin (cTn) values, and greater ejection fraction than MICAD patients (all P-values <0.005). At hospital discharge, 30-day re-admission rates were similar. MINOCA patients less frequently received optimal medical therapy. When women were analyzed, the 45 women with MINOCA had smaller MIs (P < 0.001) and greater ejection fraction (P = 0.002) than the 358 women with MICAD. Sex comparisons of the 95 MINOCA patients revealed women were older than men (P < 0.001), had lower mean peak cTn values (P < 0.001), greater ejection fraction (P = 0.02), and more single-vessel disease involvement than men (P < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: The average MI size is smaller in MINOCA than MICAD patients, and there are sex-related differences in clinical presentation, coronary artery disease extent, and MI size. Re-admission rates are similar and MINOCA patients are less likely to receive guideline recommended medical therapy at discharge.

Impact of preexisting coronary arterial disease in patients undergoing percutaneous mitral valve repair (MitraClip).

INTRODUCTION: Percutaneous mitral valve repair with Mitraclip device has been approved for the treatment of symptomatic mitral valve regurgitation in patients deemed high surgical risk. It's unclear whether the presence of preexisting coronary arterial disease (CAD) affects the postprocedural outcomes of Mitraclip. METHODS: The study population was extracted from the 2016 Nationwide Readmissions Data (NRD) using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modifications/Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-CM/PCS) for Mitraclip, preexisting CAD, and postprocedural complications. Study primary endpoints included in-hospital all-cause mortality, cardiogenic shock, acute myocardial infarction (AMI), acute kidney injury (AKI), stroke, acute respiratory failure, length of hospital stay (LOS), and 30-day readmission rate. RESULTS: A total of 2,539 discharges that had Mitraclip during the index hospitalization, 62.3% had history of preexisting CAD. Mean age was 78.5 years and 46.6% were female. Overall, the presence of preexisting CAD was associated with higher AMI (1.6 vs. 0.4%, p < .01), however, there was no significant differences in terms of in-hospital all-cause mortality (2.2 vs. 2.6%, p = .52), cardiogenic shock (3.4 vs. 4.1%, p = .39), AKI (14.7 vs. 13.6%, p = .43), stroke (0.9 vs. 0.5%, p = .31), acute respiratory failure (9.7 vs. 8.8%, p = .43), LOS (5.3 vs. 5.3 days, p = .85) or 30-day readmission rate (14.6 vs. 14.4%, p = .92). These results persisted after adjustment for baseline characteristics. The subgroup of CAD patients who received percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was associated with higher in-hospital mortality (22.5 vs. 2.0%, p < .01), cardiogenic shock (25.0 vs. 3.3%, p < .01), AMI (22.5 vs. 0.8%, p < .01), AKI (55.0 vs. 13.7%, p < .01), stroke (10.0 vs. 0.6%, p < .01), acute respiratory failure (45.0 vs. 8.8%, p < .01), and longer LOS (21.5 vs. 5.1 days, p < .01), however there was no significant difference in 30-day readmission rate (15.0 vs. 14.5%, p = .95). CONCLUSIONS: Preexisting CAD was associated with higher in-hospital AMI post-Mitraclip but with comparable mortality and other morbidities. Patients who received PCI during the same index hospitalization had higher in-hospital mortality and morbidity.

Outcomes of Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair in Systolic Versus Diastolic Congestive Heart Failure.

INTRODUCTION: Percutaneous mitral valve repair with MitraClip device has been approved for treatment of mitral regurgitation in symptomatic patients deemed high risk for surgical repair. This study compares outcomes of Mitraclip in patients with systolic (SHF) versus diastolic heart failure (DHF). METHODS: The study population was extracted from the 2016 Nationwide Readmissions Data (NRD) using International Classification of Diseases, tenth edition, clinical modifications/procedure coding system (ICD-9-CM/PCS) codes for the Mitraclip, SHF, DHF, and procedural complications. Study endpoints included in-hospital all-cause mortality, cardiogenic shock, acute myocardial infarction (AMI), acute kidney injury (AKI), stroke, acute respiratory failure, bleeding, blood transfusion, length of hospital stay (LOS) as well as 30-day readmission rate. RESULTS: A total of 1681 discharges that had Mitraclip during the index hospitalization and had a history of SHF (909) or DHF (772) were included in this analysis. The mean age was 78.5 years and 46.6% were female. SHF group was associated with higher post-procedural cardiogenic shock (7.3% versus 2.0%, p < 0.01), AMI (2.1% versus 0.8%, p = 0.03), AKI (21.0 versus 14.2%, p < 0.01), acute respiratory failure (13.2% versus 9.6%, p = 0.02), and longer LOS (9.6 versus 5.7 days, p < 0.01). There were no significant differences between groups in terms of in-hospital all-cause mortality (3.4% versus 2.3%, p = 0.18), stroke (0.7% versus 1.4%, p = 0.15), bleeding (10.7% versus 8.9%, p = 0.23), need for blood transfusion (5.7% versus 3.6%, p = 0.05), or 30-day readmission rate (15.7% versus 16.1%, p = 0.86). CONCLUSIONS: In comparison to DHF, patients with SHF undergoing the MitraClip had higher in-hospital morbidities and longer LOS but comparable mortality and 30-day readmission rates.

Outcomes of concomitant percutaneous coronary interventions and transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

INTRODUCTION: Coronary artery disease is a common diagnosis among patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The treatment and timing of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remain controversial. We sought to compare in-hospital periprocedural outcomes of combined TAVR and PCI during the same index hospitalization versus the isolated TAVR procedure. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study population was extracted from the 2016 Nationwide Readmissions Data (NRD) using International Classification of Diseases, tenth edition, clinical modifications/procedure coding system codes for TAVR, coronary PCI, and post-procedural complications. Study endpoints included in-hospital all-cause mortality, length of index hospital stay, cardiogenic shock, need for mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices, mechanical complications of prosthetic valve, paravalvular leak (PVL), acute kidney injury (AKI), bleeding and total hospital charges. Propensity matching was used to adjust for baseline characteristics. RESULTS: There were 23,604 TAVRs in the 2016 NRD, of which 852 were combined with PCI during the same index hospitalization. Mean age was 80.5 years and 45.9% were female. In comparison to isolated TAVR, TAVR-PCI was associated with higher in-hospital all-cause mortality (4.5% vs. 1.7%, p < 0.01), longer length of stay (10.5 vs. 5.4 days, p < 0.01), and higher incidence of cardiogenic shock (9.4% vs. 2.1%, p < 0.01), use of MCS devices (6.8% vs. 0.7%, p < 0.01), mechanical complications of prosthetic valve (6.8% vs. 0.7%, p < 0.01), PVL (0.9% vs. 0.4%, p = 0.01), AKI (25.5% vs. 11.5%, p < 0.01), bleeding (25.2% vs. 18.1%, p < 0.01), and total hospital charges ($354,725 vs. $220474, p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: In comparison to isolated TAVR, combined TAVR-PCI was associated with a higher incidence of in-hospital morbidity and mortality. The association and mechanism of increased mortality warrant further study.