Percutaneous device closure of paravalvular leak

Patrick A. Calvert*, David B. Northridge, Iqbal S. Malik, Leonard Shapiro, Peter Ludman, Shakeel A. Qureshi, Michael Mullen, Robert Henderson, Mark Turner, Martin Been, Kevin P. Walsh, Ivan Casserly, Lindsay Morrison, Nicola L. Walker, John Thomson, Mark S. Spence, Vaikom S. Mahadevan, Angela Hoye, Philip A. Maccarthy, Matthew J. DanielsPaul Clift, William R. Davies, Philip D. Adamson, Gareth Morgan, Suneil K. Aggarwal, Yasmin Ismail, Julian O M Ormerod, Habib R. Khan, Sujay Subash Chandran, Joseph De Giovanni, Bushra S. Rana, Oliver Ormerod, David Hildick-Smith

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    Abstract

    Background: Paravalvular leak (PVL) occurs in 5% to 17% of patients following surgical valve replacement. Percutaneous device closure represents an alternative to repeat surgery. Methods: All UK and Ireland centers undertaking percutaneous PVL closure submitted data to the UK PVL Registry. Data were analyzed for association with death and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) at follow-up. Results: Three hundred eight PVL closure procedures were attempted in 259 patients in 20 centers (2004-2015). Patient age was 67±13 years; 28% were female. The main indications for closure were heart failure (80%) and hemolysis (16%). Devices were successfully implanted in 91% of patients, via radial (7%), femoral arterial (52%), femoral venous (33%), and apical (7%) approaches. Nineteen percent of patients required repeat procedures. The target valve was mitral (44%), aortic (48%), both (2%), pulmonic (0.4%), or transcatheter aortic valve replacement (5%). Preprocedural leak was severe (61%), moderate (34%), or mild (5.7%) and was multiple in 37%. PVL improved postprocedure (P<0.001) and was none (33.3%), mild (41.4%), moderate (18.6%), or severe (6.7%) at last follow-up. Mean New York Heart Association class improved from 2.7±0.8 preprocedure to 1.6±0.8 (P<0.001) after a median follow-up of 110 (7-452) days. Hospital mortality was 2.9% (elective), 6.8% (in-hospital urgent), and 50% (emergency) (P<0.001). MACE during follow-up included death (16%), valve surgery (6%), late device embolization (0.4%), and new hemolysis requiring transfusion (1.6%). Mitral PVL was associated with higher MACE (hazard ratio [HR], 1.83; P=0.011). Factors independently associated with death were the degree of persisting leak (HR, 2.87; P=0.037), New York Heart Association class (HR, 2.00; P=0.015) at follow-up and baseline creatinine (HR, 8.19; P=0.001). The only factor independently associated with MACE was the degree of persisting leak at follow-up (HR, 3.01; P=0.002). Conclusion: Percutaneous closure of PVL is an effective procedure that improves PVL severity and symptoms. Severity of persisting leak at follow-up is independently associated with both MACE and death. Percutaneous closure should be considered as an alternative to repeat surgery.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)934-944
    Number of pages11
    JournalCirculation (Baltimore)
    Volume134
    Issue number13
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 27 Sept 2016

    Keywords

    • catheters
    • heart failure
    • paravalvular regurgitation
    • survival

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