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Submitted on February 22, 2007
Accepted on June 1, 2007

Percutaneous Transarterial Aortic Valve Replacement in Selected High-Risk Patients With Aortic Stenosis

John G. Webb MD*, Sanjeevan Pasupati MBChB, Karin Humphries PhD, Christopher Thompson MD, Lukas Altwegg MD, Robert Moss MD, Ajay Sinhal MD, Ronald G. Carere MD, Brad Munt MD, Donald Ricci MD, Jian Ye MD, Anson Cheung MD, and Sam V. Lichtenstein MD, PhD

From the Divisions of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, St Paul’s Hospital and the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: webb{at}providencehealth.bc.ca.

Background--Percutaneous aortic valve replacement represents an endovascular alternative to conventional open heart surgery without the need for sternotomy, aortotomy, or cardiopulmonary bypass.

Methods and Results--Transcatheter implantation of a balloon-expandable stent valve using a femoral arterial approach was attempted in 50 symptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis in whom there was a consensus that the risks of conventional open heart surgery were very high. Valve implantation was successful in 86% of patients. Intraprocedural mortality was 2%. Discharge home occurred at a median of 5 days (interquartile range, 4 to 13). Mortality at 30 days was 12% in patients in whom the logistic European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation risk score was 28%. With experience, procedural success increased from 76% in the first 25 patients to 96% in the second 25 (P=0.10), and 30-day mortality fell from 16% to 8% (P=0.67). Successful valve replacement was associated with an increase in echocardiographic valve area from 0.6±0.2 to 1.7±0.4 cm2. Mild paravalvular regurgitation was common but was well tolerated. After valve insertion, there was a significant improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction (P<0.0001), mitral regurgitation (P=0.01), and functional class (P<0.0001). Improvement was maintained at 1 year. Structural valve deterioration was not observed with a median follow-up of 359 days.

Conclusion--Percutaneous valve replacement may be an alternative to conventional open heart surgery in selected high-risk patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis.


Key words: stenosis • stents • valves • valvuloplasty


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Transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation using the balloon expandable SAPIEN transcatheter heart valve device
MMCTS, June 26, 2008; 2008(0626): 3087.
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J Am Coll CardiolHome page
S. R. Dixon, C. L. Grines, and W. W. O'Neill
The year in interventional cardiology.
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., June 17, 2008; 51(24): 2355 - 2369.
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Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg.Home page
T. Walther, V. Falk, J. Kempfert, M. A. Borger, J. Fassl, M. W.A. Chu, G. Schuler, and F. W. Mohr
Transapical minimally invasive aortic valve implantation; the initial 50 patients
Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg., June 1, 2008; 33(6): 983 - 988.
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Eur Heart JHome page
F. Descoutures, D. Himbert, L. Lepage, B. Iung, D. Detaint, D. Tchetche, E. Brochet, Y. Castier, J.-P. Depoix, P. Nataf, et al.
Contemporary surgical or percutaneous management of severe aortic stenosis in the elderly
Eur. Heart J., June 1, 2008; 29(11): 1410 - 1417.
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A. Vahanian, O. Alfieri, N. Al-Attar, M. Antunes, J. Bax, B. Cormier, A. Cribier, P. De Jaegere, G. Fournial, A. P. Kappetein, et al.
Transcatheter valve implantation for patients with aortic stenosis: a position statement from the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), in collaboration with the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI)
Eur. Heart J., June 1, 2008; 29(11): 1463 - 1470.
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J Am Coll Cardiol IntvHome page
A. Sinhal, L. Altwegg, S. Pasupati, K. H. Humphries, M. Allard, P. Martin, A. Cheung, J. Ye, C. Kerr, S. V. Lichtenstein, et al.
Atrioventricular Block After Transcatheter Balloon Expandable Aortic Valve Implantation
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. Intv., June 1, 2008; 1(3): 305 - 309.
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N. Piazza, Y. Onuma, E. Jesserun, P. P. Kint, A.-M. Maugenest, R. H. Anderson, P. P. T. de Jaegere, and P. W. Serruys
Early and Persistent Intraventricular Conduction Abnormalities and Requirements for Pacemaking After Percutaneous Replacement of the Aortic Valve
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. Intv., June 1, 2008; 1(3): 310 - 316.
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B. Iung
Management of the elderly patient with aortic stenosis
Heart, April 1, 2008; 94(4): 519 - 524.
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J. G. Webb
Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement Will Become a Common Treatment for Aortic Valve Disease
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. Intv., April 1, 2008; 1(2): 122 - 126.
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B. A. Carabello
Aortic Stenosis: A Fatal Disease With But a Single Cure
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. Intv., April 1, 2008; 1(2): 127 - 128.
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P. Schoenhagen
Back to the future: coronary CT angiography using prospective ECG triggering
Eur. Heart J., January 2, 2008; 29(2): 153 - 154.
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R. R. Moss, E. Ivens, S. Pasupati, K. Humphries, C. R. Thompson, B. Munt, A. Sinhal, and J. G. Webb
Role of echocardiography in percutaneous aortic valve implantation.
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. Img., January 1, 2008; 1(1): 15 - 24.
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W. J. Stewart
Imaging the future of transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. Img., January 1, 2008; 1(1): 25 - 28.
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