ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to describe electrocardiographic changes and conduction abnormalities in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). METHODS: 76 patients who underwent TAVI using Edwards Sapien 3 prosthesis were included, comparing electrocardiographic registries at admission, post-procedure and before discharge. RESULTS: Patients after TAVI presented a longer PR interval, a wider QRS, and a longer corrected QT, with a left deviation of QRS axis and T waves; reversible changes that tended to correct in the following days after TAVI. Complete atrioventricular block incidence was 2.9%. New-onset left bundle branch block (LBBB) incidence was 39%, although solved in almost half of patients before discharge. CONCLUSIONS: TAVI was associated with different reversible electrocardiographic changes that suggest a transient impact on the conduction system. One of every five patients presented permanent LBBB after valve implant.
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Aortic Valve Stenosis/surgery , Electrocardiography , Heart Conduction System/physiopathology , Heart Valve Prosthesis , Postoperative Complications/physiopathology , Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement/methods , Aged , Atrioventricular Block/physiopathology , Bundle-Branch Block/physiopathology , Female , Humans , Male , Prospective StudiesABSTRACT
BACKGROUND Little evidence exists of the burden and predictors of cardiac death after transcatheter aortic valvereplacement (TAVR).OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess the incidence and predictors of cardiac death from advancedheart failure (HF) and sudden cardiac death (SCD) in a large patient cohort undergoing TAVR.METHODS The study included a total of 3,726 patients who underwent TAVR using balloon (57%) or self-expandable(43%) valves. Causes of death were defined according to the Valve Academic Research Consortium2.RESULTS At a mean follow-up of 22 18 months, 155 patients had died due to advanced HF (15.2% of total deaths,46.1% of deaths from cardiac causes) and 57 had died due to SCD (5.6% of deaths, 16.9% of cardiac deaths). Baselinecomorbidities (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, atrial fibrillation, left ventricular ejection fraction #40%, lowermean transaortic gradient, pulmonary artery systolic pressure >60 mm Hg; p 160 ms had a greater SCD risk (HR: 4.78, 95% CI: 1.56 to 14.63; p » 0.006).CONCLUSIONS Advanced HF and SCD accounted for two-thirds of cardiac deaths in patients after TAVR.Potentially modifiable or treatable factors leading to increased risk of mortality for HF and SCD were identified. Future.
