TY - JOUR
T1 - Membranous septum morphology and risk of conduction abnormalities after transcatheter aortic valve implantation
AU - Jørgensen, Troels Højsgaard
AU - Hansson, Nicolaj
AU - De Backer, Ole
AU - Bieliauskas, Gintautas
AU - Terkelsen, Christian Juhl
AU - Wang, Xi
AU - Jensen, Jesper Møller
AU - Christiansen, Evald Høj
AU - Piazza, Nicolo
AU - Svendsen, Jesper Hastrup
AU - Nørgaard, Bjarne Linde
AU - Søndergaard, Lars
PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: There are limited data on the association of membranous septum (MS) morphology and transcatheter heart valve (THV) implantation depth, and the development of new conduction abnormalities (CA) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). AIMS: The aim of this study was to describe the morphology of the MS and predict the risk of new CA after TAVI based on the MS morphology and THV implantation depth. METHODS: Based on preprocedural CT scans, the MS depth was measured for every 25% of the entire MS width in 272 TAVI patients without preprocedural bundle branch block (BBB) or pacemaker. Post-procedural CT scans for THV implantation depth assessment were available in 130 of these patients. RESULTS: The MS depth was a median of 2.5 mm (IQR 1.4-3.8) deeper at the posterior edge when compared to the anterior edge of the MS. New CA developed in 7.1% of patients in whom the THV did not cross the lower MS border at its anterior edge (3.6% with new BBB and high degree CA, respectively), in 18.8% of patients (15.6% with new BBB and 3.1% with new high-degree CA) where the THV overlapped the lower MS border by <2.5 mm and in 47.1% of patients (24.3% with new BBB and 22.9% with new high-degree CA) with THV overlap of the lower MS border by ≥2.5 mm. CONCLUSIONS: The difference of the MS depth and THV implantation depth measured at the anterior edge of the MS predicted new CA after TAVI.
AB - BACKGROUND: There are limited data on the association of membranous septum (MS) morphology and transcatheter heart valve (THV) implantation depth, and the development of new conduction abnormalities (CA) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). AIMS: The aim of this study was to describe the morphology of the MS and predict the risk of new CA after TAVI based on the MS morphology and THV implantation depth. METHODS: Based on preprocedural CT scans, the MS depth was measured for every 25% of the entire MS width in 272 TAVI patients without preprocedural bundle branch block (BBB) or pacemaker. Post-procedural CT scans for THV implantation depth assessment were available in 130 of these patients. RESULTS: The MS depth was a median of 2.5 mm (IQR 1.4-3.8) deeper at the posterior edge when compared to the anterior edge of the MS. New CA developed in 7.1% of patients in whom the THV did not cross the lower MS border at its anterior edge (3.6% with new BBB and high degree CA, respectively), in 18.8% of patients (15.6% with new BBB and 3.1% with new high-degree CA) where the THV overlapped the lower MS border by <2.5 mm and in 47.1% of patients (24.3% with new BBB and 22.9% with new high-degree CA) with THV overlap of the lower MS border by ≥2.5 mm. CONCLUSIONS: The difference of the MS depth and THV implantation depth measured at the anterior edge of the MS predicted new CA after TAVI.
KW - Aortic Valve Stenosis/diagnostic imaging
KW - Aortic Valve/diagnostic imaging
KW - Bundle-Branch Block/therapy
KW - Heart Valve Prosthesis
KW - Humans
KW - Pacemaker, Artificial
KW - Retrospective Studies
KW - Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement/adverse effects
KW - Treatment Outcome
KW - Left bundle branch
KW - TAVI
KW - Atrioventricular block
U2 - 10.4244/EIJ-D-21-00363
DO - 10.4244/EIJ-D-21-00363
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34338638
SN - 1774-024X
VL - 17
SP - 1061
EP - 1069
JO - EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology
JF - EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology
IS - 13
ER -