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Max-Paul Winter1, Martin Zbiral1, Antonia Kietaibl1
1Department of Internal medicine II, Division of cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringerguertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
Abstract:
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement has emerged as valuable treatment modality for patients with severe aortic stenosis and an unacceptable risk/benefit ratio for open heart surgery, but particularities specific to TAVR and a rapidly growing number of available TAVR prosthesis make post-procedural assessment of valve function challenging. Aim of the present analysis was to collect and pool all available data currently in the literature regarding normal doppler values for transcatheter prosthetic heart valves and to provide a comprehensive overview. A PRISMA checklist-guided systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective observational studies or national and device specific registries or randomized clinical trials was conducted. Studies were identified by searching PUBMED, SCOPUS, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and LILACs from January 2000 to March 2017. Out of 240 abstracts, 155 studies reporting echocardiographic parameter for twelve different valves prosthesis in a total of 27,159 patients were in included in this meta-analysis. The means and standard deviations of peak velocity, peak gradient, mean gradient and effective orifice were extracted and pooled from the included studies. The pooled means and standard deviations for all available TAVR prosthesis were classified according to implanted valve size and time since implantation. The present study firstly describes a pooled analysis of normal values for all available TAVR prosthesis in order to empower treating physicians with a reliable tool to perform follow-up echocardiographic assessment in TAVR patients and to safely identify patients with prostheses dysfunction.
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