Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (Jul 2023)

Quantitative aortography for assessment of aortic regurgitation in the era of percutaneous aortic valve replacement

  • Mahmoud Abdelshafy,
  • Mahmoud Abdelshafy,
  • Patrick W. Serruys,
  • Patrick W. Serruys,
  • Tsung-Ying Tsai,
  • Pruthvi Chenniganahosahalli Revaiah,
  • Scot Garg,
  • Jean-Paul Aben,
  • Carl J. Schultz,
  • Carl J. Schultz,
  • Mohammad Abdelghani,
  • Mohammad Abdelghani,
  • Pim A. L. Tonino,
  • Yosuke Miyazaki,
  • Marcel C. M. Rutten,
  • Martijn Cox,
  • Cherif Sahyoun,
  • Justin Teng,
  • Hiroki Tateishi,
  • Hiroki Tateishi,
  • Mohamed Abdel-Wahab,
  • Nicolo Piazza,
  • Michele Pighi,
  • Rodrigo Modolo,
  • Martijn van Mourik,
  • Joanna Wykrzykowska,
  • Robbert J. de Winter,
  • Pedro A. Lemos,
  • Fábio S. de Brito,
  • Hideyuki Kawashima,
  • Lars Søndergaard,
  • Liesbeth Rosseel,
  • Rutao Wang,
  • Chao Gao,
  • Ling Tao,
  • Andreas Rück,
  • Won-Keun Kim,
  • Niels van Royen,
  • Christian J. Terkelsen,
  • Henrik Nissen,
  • Matti Adam,
  • Tanja K. Rudolph,
  • Hendrik Wienemann,
  • Ryo Torii,
  • Franz Josef Neuman,
  • Simon Schoechlin,
  • Mao Chen,
  • Ahmed Elkoumy,
  • Ahmed Elkoumy,
  • Hesham Elzomor,
  • Hesham Elzomor,
  • Ignacio J. Amat-Santos,
  • Darren Mylotte,
  • Osama Soliman,
  • Yoshinobu Onuma

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1161779
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10

Abstract

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Paravalvular leak (PVL) is a shortcoming that can erode the clinical benefits of transcatheter valve replacement (TAVR) and therefore a readily applicable method (aortography) to quantitate PVL objectively and accurately in the interventional suite is appealing to all operators. The ratio between the areas of the time-density curves in the aorta and left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT-AR) defines the regurgitation fraction (RF). This technique has been validated in a mock circulation; a single injection in diastole was further tested in porcine and ovine models. In the clinical setting, LVOT-AR was compared with trans-thoracic and trans-oesophageal echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. LVOT-AR > 17% discriminates mild from moderate aortic regurgitation on echocardiography and confers a poor prognosis in multiple registries, and justifies balloon post-dilatation. The LVOT-AR differentiates the individual performances of many old and novel devices and is being used in ongoing randomized trials and registries.

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