Key result
Increased baseline hsCRP (HR 5.22; 95% CI 2.09-13.01; P<0.0001) and low baseline Th2 cell counts (HR 8.83; 95% CI 3.02-25.80) were significant independent predictors of 12-month mortality after TAVI.
Why the study?
Systemic inflammatory response predicts mortality after TAVI, but the mechanisms of inflammation-associated poor outcomes remain unclear.
Are specific pre-existing inflammatory phenotypes associated with increased mortality and adverse LV remodelling in patients undergoing TAVI for severe aortic stenosis?
Cohort (n=129)
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Are specific pre-existing inflammatory phenotypes associated with increased mortality and adverse LV remodelling in patients undergoing TAVI for severe aortic stenosis?
Hazard Ratio: 5.22 (95% CI 2.09–13.01)
p-value: p=<0.0001
Pre-existing inflammatory phenotypes, including elevated hsCRP and low Th2 cell counts, provide additive prognostic value for 1-year mortality and adverse LV remodeling after TAVI.
AIMS: Systemic inflammatory response, identified by increased total leucocyte counts, was shown to be a strong predictor of mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Yet the mechanisms of inflammation-associated poor outcome after TAVI are unclear. Therefore, the present study aimed at investigating individual inflammatory signatures and functional heterogeneity of circulating myeloid and T-lymphocyte subsets and their impact on 1 year survival in a single-centre cohort of patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing TAVI. METHODS AND RESULTS: One hundred twenty-nine consecutive patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis admitted for transfemoral TAVI were included. Blood samples were obtained at baseline, immediately after, and 24 h and 3 days after TAVI, and these were analysed for inflammatory and cardiac biomarkers. Myeloid and T-lymphocyte subsets were measured using flow cytometry. The inflammatory parameters were first analysed as continuous variables; and in case of association with outcome and area under receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) ≥ 0.6, the values were dichotomized using optimal cut-off points. Several baseline inflammatory parameters, including high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP; HR = 1.37, 95% CI: 1.15-1.63; P < 0.0001) and IL-6 (HR = 1.02, 95% CI: 1.01-1.03; P = 0.003), lower counts of Th2 (HR = 0.95, 95% CI: 0.91-0.99; P = 0.009), and increased percentages of Th17 cells (HR = 1.19, 95% CI: 1.02-1.38; P = 0.024) were associated with 12 month all-cause mortality. Among postprocedural parameters, only increased post-TAVI counts of non-classical monocytes immediately after TAVI were predictive of outcome (HR = 1.03, 95% CI: 1.01-1.05; P = 0.003). The occurrence of SIRS criteria within 48 h post-TAVI showed no significant association with 12 month mortality (HR = 0.57, 95% CI: 0.13-2.43, P = 0.45). In multivariate analysis of discrete or dichotomized clinical and inflammatory variables, the presence of diabetes mellitus (HR = 3.50; 95% CI: 1.42-8.62; P = 0.006), low left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (HR = 3.16; 95% CI: 1.35-7.39; P = 0.008), increased baseline hsCRP (HR = 5.22; 95% CI: 2.09-13.01; P < 0.0001), and low baseline Th2 cell counts (HR = 8.83; 95% CI: 3.02-25.80) were significant predictors of death. The prognostic value of the linear prediction score calculated of these parameters was superior to the Society of Thoracic Surgeons score (AUC: 0.88; 95% CI: 0.78-0.99 vs. 0.75; 95% CI: 0.64-0.86, respectively; P = 0.036). Finally, when analysing LV remodelling outcomes, ROC curve analysis revealed that low numbers of Tregs (P = 0.017; AUC: 0.69) and increased Th17/Treg ratio (P = 0.012; AUC: 0.70) were predictive of adverse remodelling after TAVI. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings demonstrate an association of specific pre-existing inflammatory phenotypes with increased mortality and adverse LV remodelling after TAVI. Distinct monocyte and T-cell signatures might provide additive biomarkers to improve pre-procedural risk stratification in patients referred to TAVI for severe aortic stenosis.
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Hoffmann et al. (2020) conducted a cohort in Severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (n=129). Inflammatory signatures (e.g., increased baseline hsCRP) vs. Lower levels of inflammatory markers was evaluated on 12 month all-cause mortality (HR 5.22, 95% CI 2.09-13.01, p=<0.0001). Increased baseline hsCRP (HR 5.22; 95% CI 2.09-13.01; P<0.0001) and low baseline Th2 cell counts (HR 8.83; 95% CI 3.02-25.80) were significant independent predictors of 12-month mortality after TAVI.
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