Key result
Patient-prosthesis mismatch after AVR is linked to ~6 mL less regression in secondary MR.
Why the study?
Prosthesis-patient mismatch may hinder normalization of left ventricular geometry and pressure overload after isolated AVR, affecting regression of secondary mitral regurgitation.
Cohort (n=419)
Yes
May warrant mismatch consideration in valve selection for secondary mitral regurgitation; leaves open need for prospective outcome trials.
BACKGROUND: Secondary mitral regurgitation (SMR) is generally reduced after isolated aortic valve replacement (AVR), but there is important interindividual variability in the magnitude of this reduction. Prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM) may hinder normalization of left ventricular geometry and pressure overload following AVR, therefore we aimed to investigate the relationship between PPM and regression of SMR following AVR for aortic valve stenosis. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 419 patients with AS who underwent isolated AVR at 2 institutions and presenting moderate SMR (mitral regurgitant volume 30 to 45 mL/beat) not considered for surgical correction were included in this study. Clinical and echocardiographic follow-up were completed at a median follow-up time of 37 months. PPM was defined as an indexed effective orifice area ≤0.85 cm(2)/m(2) and was found in 170/419 patients (40.6%). There were no significant differences in baseline and operative characteristics between patients with or without PPM. Patients with PPM had less regression of SMR following AVR compared with those with no PPM (change in mitral regurgitant volume: -11±4 versus -17±5 mL, respectively; P<0.0001). Variables significantly associated with postoperative change in mitral regurgitant volume on univariable analysis were entered in a multivariable linear regression model, which showed indexed effective orifice area (P<0.0001) and left atrial diameter (P=0.006) to be independently associated with mitral regurgitant volume improvement. Patients with PPM also had less postoperative improvement in 6-minute walking test distance (80±78 versus 42±41 m, P<0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: PPM is associated with lesser regression of SMR following AVR. This unfavorable effect was associated with worse functional capacity. These findings emphasize the importance of operative strategies aiming to prevent PPM in patients with aortic valve stenosis and concomitant SMR.
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Angeloni et al. (2011) conducted a cohort in Severe Aortic Stenosis with moderate Secondary Mitral Regurgitation (n=419). Prosthesis-patient mismatch (indexed effective orifice area ≤0.85 cm²/m²) vs. No prosthesis-patient mismatch was evaluated on Change in mitral regurgitant volume (p=<0.0001). Prosthesis-patient mismatch after aortic valve replacement was associated with less regression of secondary mitral regurgitation than no mismatch (-11±4 vs -17±5 mL; P<0.0001).
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