Abstract

Introduction: Post-transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) outcome of patients is an important research topic. To accurately assess post-TAVR mortality, we examined a family of new echo-parameters (augmented systolic blood pressure (AugSBP) and arterial mean pressure parameters (AugMAP)) derived from blood pressure and aortic valve gradient ( Figure 1 ). Methods: Patients in the Mayo Clinic National Cardiovascular Diseases Registry-TAVR database who underwent TAVR between January 1, 2012, and June 30, 2017, were identified to retrieve baseline clinical, echocardiographic, and mortality data. The median of AugSBP and AugMAP were used to stratify patients in Kaplan-Meier analysis. Results: The final cohort contained 974 patients with a mean age of 81.4±8.3 years old, and 56.6% were male. The mean Society of Thoracic Surgeons risk score was 8.2±5.2. The median follow-up duration was 354 days, and the one-year all-cause mortality rate was 14.2%. Detailed characteristics are summarized in Table 1. AugMAP1 < 102.5 mmHg (median) was associated with a 3-fold risk of all-cause mortality post-TAVR at 1 year (hazard ratio 3.0, 95%confidence interval 2.0-4.5, p<0.0001)( Figure 1 ). Conclusions: Augmented mean arterial pressure provides clinicians with a simple but effective approach to quickly identify patients at risk and potentially improve post-TAVR prognosis.

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