Pub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2023-11-04DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.10.014
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Pub Date : 2024-11-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.10.041
Ernest G Chan, Rachel L Deitz, Jack K Donohue, John P Ryan, Yota Suzuki, Masashi Furukawa, Kentaro Noda, Pablo G Sanchez
Purpose: We report outcomes associated with EVLP lungs in high-risk lung transplant recipients utilizing a national database.
Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of the UNOS Database (1/1/2018-3/31/2024). High-risk status was defined as mean pulmonary arterial pressure > 35 mmHg, lung retransplantation, or bridge to transplant. In addition to univariable analysis, propensity score matched analysis was performed on predictors of donor and recipient characteristics.
Results: Risk of dying on the waitlist was significantly higher for high-risk candidates (HR: 1.69 [1.51 - 1.89], p < 0.001). Following matching, 203 EVLP cases were matched to 609 standard procurement recipients. The EVLP group was associated with higher rates of postoperative acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy (27% vs 16%, p < 0.001), higher mortality on index admission (13% vs. 8%, p = 0.04), and longer length of stay (29 vs 25 days, p = 0.006). EVLP modality was associated with survival time (p < 0.001) with portable EVLP having significantly shorter survival (2.7 years) relative to standard cases (4.7 years, p < 0.02). A subgroup analysis found that this survival effect was limited to bridge and retransplant recipients.
Conclusions: EVLP lungs were associated with higher rates of postoperative AKI and portable EVLP was associated with shorter survival in high-risk lung transplant recipients. However, given the high waitlist mortality in this candidate population, EVLP lungs should still be considered an alternative.
目的:我们利用国家数据库报告了高风险肺移植受者EVLP肺的相关结果:我们对 UNOS 数据库(1/1/2018-3/31/2024)进行了回顾性分析。高风险状态定义为平均肺动脉压> 35 mmHg、肺再移植或移植桥。除了单变量分析外,还对供体和受体特征的预测因素进行了倾向得分匹配分析:结果:高风险候选者在等待名单上死亡的风险明显更高(HR:1.69 [1.51 - 1.89],P < 0.001)。经过配对,203 个 EVLP 病例与 609 个标准接受者进行了配对。EVLP组需要肾脏替代治疗的术后急性肾损伤发生率较高(27% vs. 16%,p < 0.001),入院时死亡率较高(13% vs. 8%,p = 0.04),住院时间较长(29天 vs. 25天,p = 0.006)。EVLP模式与存活时间相关(p < 0.001),便携式EVLP的存活时间(2.7年)明显短于标准病例(4.7年,p < 0.02)。亚组分析发现,这种存活率影响仅限于桥接和再移植受者:结论:EVLP肺与较高的术后AKI发生率有关,便携式EVLP与高风险肺移植受者较短的生存期有关。然而,考虑到这一候选人群的高等待死亡率,EVLP肺仍应被视为一种替代方案。
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Pub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2023-09-09DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.08.055
Tristan Ehrlich, Karen B Abeln, Lennart Froede, Christian Burgard, Christian Giebels, Hans-Joachim Schäfers
Background: Valve-sparing root replacement (VSRR) has been associated with good survival and low rates of valve-related complications (VRCs). Whether these advantages are present irrespective of patient comorbidity or age is unclear. The aim of this study was to analyze survival and frequency of VRCs in relation to patient comorbidity and age.
Methods: Between October 1995 and December 2021, 1156 patients with a bicuspid or tricuspid aortic valve were treated by root remodeling. The mean patient age was 53.3 ± 14 years, and 973 (84%) were male. The mean duration of follow-up was 6.7 ± 5.5 years (median, 5.9 years), and follow-up was 95% complete (7746 patient-years). We analyzed the population according to comorbidity and age at surgery. A discriminating cutoff for the effect of age was determined using receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) analysis.
Results: Mean survival at 15 years was 74.7 ± 2.5%. Deceased patients were older (mean, 65.3 ± 12 years vs 51.6 ± 14.1 years; P < .001) at the time of surgery and had more comorbidities (coronary artery disease [CAD], 28.4% vs 9.8%; P < .001). The sole significant adjusted predictor was age (P < .001). By ROC analysis (area under the curve, 0.780), the optimal cutoff for age was 61 years. Survival was 87.1 ± 2.8% at 15 years in patients age <61 years, compared to 55.3 ± 4.3% in patients age >61 years (P < .0001). Using competing risk analysis, VRC-free survival at 15 years was 66.8% at 15 years, including 76.7% in patients age <61 years and 52.4% in those age >61 years (P < .0001).
Conclusions: VSRR is associated with a low incidence of VRC and excellent durability. Survival is decreased in the presence of comorbidities, mainly CAD, and patient age >61 years. Despite lower survival, freedom from VRC is good.
{"title":"Valve-sparing aortic root replacement-for all patients?","authors":"Tristan Ehrlich, Karen B Abeln, Lennart Froede, Christian Burgard, Christian Giebels, Hans-Joachim Schäfers","doi":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.08.055","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.08.055","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Valve-sparing root replacement (VSRR) has been associated with good survival and low rates of valve-related complications (VRCs). Whether these advantages are present irrespective of patient comorbidity or age is unclear. The aim of this study was to analyze survival and frequency of VRCs in relation to patient comorbidity and age.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Between October 1995 and December 2021, 1156 patients with a bicuspid or tricuspid aortic valve were treated by root remodeling. The mean patient age was 53.3 ± 14 years, and 973 (84%) were male. The mean duration of follow-up was 6.7 ± 5.5 years (median, 5.9 years), and follow-up was 95% complete (7746 patient-years). We analyzed the population according to comorbidity and age at surgery. A discriminating cutoff for the effect of age was determined using receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Mean survival at 15 years was 74.7 ± 2.5%. Deceased patients were older (mean, 65.3 ± 12 years vs 51.6 ± 14.1 years; P < .001) at the time of surgery and had more comorbidities (coronary artery disease [CAD], 28.4% vs 9.8%; P < .001). The sole significant adjusted predictor was age (P < .001). By ROC analysis (area under the curve, 0.780), the optimal cutoff for age was 61 years. Survival was 87.1 ± 2.8% at 15 years in patients age <61 years, compared to 55.3 ± 4.3% in patients age >61 years (P < .0001). Using competing risk analysis, VRC-free survival at 15 years was 66.8% at 15 years, including 76.7% in patients age <61 years and 52.4% in those age >61 years (P < .0001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>VSRR is associated with a low incidence of VRC and excellent durability. Survival is decreased in the presence of comorbidities, mainly CAD, and patient age >61 years. Despite lower survival, freedom from VRC is good.</p>","PeriodicalId":49975,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10203618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-03-05DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.02.021
Karolina Kristenson, Kristofer Hedman
Objective: To improve preoperative risk stratification in lung cancer lobectomy by identifying and comparing optimal thresholds for peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak) presented as weight-indexed and percent of predicted values, respectively.
Methods: This was a longitudinal cohort study including national registry data on patients scheduled for cancer lobectomy that used available data from preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing. The measured VO2peak was indexed by body mass (mL/kg/min) and also compared with 2 established reference equations (Wasserman-Hansen and Study of Health in Pomerania, respectively). By receiver operating characteristic analysis, a lower 90% specificity and an upper 90% sensitivity threshold were determined for each measure, in relation to the outcome of any major complication or death. For each measure and based on these thresholds, patients were categorized as low risk, intermediate risk, or high risk. The frequency of complications was compared between groups using χ2.
Results: The frequency of complications differed significantly between the proposed low-, intermediate-, and high-risk groups when using % predicted Study of Health in Pomerania (5%, 21%, 35%, P = .007) or % predicted Wasserman-Hansen (5%, 25%, 35%, P = .002) but not when using the weight-indexed VO2peak groups (7%, 23%, 15%, P = .08). Nonsignificant differences were found using the threshold <15 mL/kg/min (P = .34).
Conclusions: This study showed that weight-indexed VO2peak was of less use as a marker of risk at the lower range of exercise capacity, whereas % predicted VO2peak was associated with a continuously increasing risk of major complications, also at the lower end of exercise capacity. As identifying subjects at high risk of complications is important, % predicted VO2peak is therefore preferable.
{"title":"Percent predicted peak oxygen uptake is superior to weight-indexed peak oxygen uptake in risk stratification before lung cancer lobectomy.","authors":"Karolina Kristenson, Kristofer Hedman","doi":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.02.021","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.02.021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To improve preoperative risk stratification in lung cancer lobectomy by identifying and comparing optimal thresholds for peak oxygen uptake (VO<sub>2peak</sub>) presented as weight-indexed and percent of predicted values, respectively.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a longitudinal cohort study including national registry data on patients scheduled for cancer lobectomy that used available data from preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing. The measured VO<sub>2peak</sub> was indexed by body mass (mL/kg/min) and also compared with 2 established reference equations (Wasserman-Hansen and Study of Health in Pomerania, respectively). By receiver operating characteristic analysis, a lower 90% specificity and an upper 90% sensitivity threshold were determined for each measure, in relation to the outcome of any major complication or death. For each measure and based on these thresholds, patients were categorized as low risk, intermediate risk, or high risk. The frequency of complications was compared between groups using χ<sup>2</sup>.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The frequency of complications differed significantly between the proposed low-, intermediate-, and high-risk groups when using % predicted Study of Health in Pomerania (5%, 21%, 35%, P = .007) or % predicted Wasserman-Hansen (5%, 25%, 35%, P = .002) but not when using the weight-indexed VO<sub>2peak</sub> groups (7%, 23%, 15%, P = .08). Nonsignificant differences were found using the threshold <15 mL/kg/min (P = .34).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study showed that weight-indexed VO<sub>2peak</sub> was of less use as a marker of risk at the lower range of exercise capacity, whereas % predicted VO<sub>2peak</sub> was associated with a continuously increasing risk of major complications, also at the lower end of exercise capacity. As identifying subjects at high risk of complications is important, % predicted VO<sub>2peak</sub> is therefore preferable.</p>","PeriodicalId":49975,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140061034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2023-07-23DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.07.018
Andrea Guala, Daniel Gil-Sala, Marvin E Garcia Reyes, Maria A Azancot, Lydia Dux-Santoy, Nicolas Allegue Allegue, Gisela Teixido-Turà, Gabriela Goncalves Martins, Laura Galian-Gay, Juan Garrido-Oliver, Ivan Constenla García, Arturo Evangelista, Cristina Tello Díaz, Alejandro Carrasco-Poves, Alberto Morales-Galán, Ignacio Ferreira-González, Jose Rodríguez-Palomares, Sergi Bellmunt Montoya
Background: Blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injuries (BTAIs) are associated with a high mortality rate. Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) is the most frequently used surgical strategy in patients with BTAI, as it offers good short- and middle-term results. Previous studies have reported an abnormally high prevalence of hypertension (HT) in these patients. This work aimed to describe the long-term prevalence of HT and provide a comprehensive evaluation of the biomechanical, clinical, and functional factors involved in HT development.
Methods: Twenty-six patients treated with TEVAR following BTAI with no history of HT at the time of trauma were enrolled. They were matched with 37 healthy volunteers based on age, sex, and body surface area and underwent a comprehensive follow-up study, including cardiovascular magnetic resonance, 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, and assessment of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV, a measure of aortic stiffness) and flow-mediated vasodilation.
Results: The mean patient age was 43.5 ± 12.9 years, and the majority were male (23 of 26; 88.5%). At a mean of 120.2 ± 69.7 months after intervention, 17 patients (65%) presented with HT, 14 (54%) had abnormal nighttime blood pressure dipping, and 6 (23%) high cfPWV. New-onset HT was related to a more proximal TEVAR landing zone and greater distal oversizing. Abnormal nighttime blood pressure was related to high cfPWV, which in turn was associated with TEVAR length and premature arterial aging.
Conclusions: HT frequently occurs otherwise healthy subjects undergoing TEVAR implantation after BTAI. TEVAR stiffness and length, the proximal landing zone, and distal oversizing are potentially modifiable surgical characteristics related to abnormal blood pressure.
{"title":"Impact of thoracic endovascular aortic repair following blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injury on blood pressure.","authors":"Andrea Guala, Daniel Gil-Sala, Marvin E Garcia Reyes, Maria A Azancot, Lydia Dux-Santoy, Nicolas Allegue Allegue, Gisela Teixido-Turà, Gabriela Goncalves Martins, Laura Galian-Gay, Juan Garrido-Oliver, Ivan Constenla García, Arturo Evangelista, Cristina Tello Díaz, Alejandro Carrasco-Poves, Alberto Morales-Galán, Ignacio Ferreira-González, Jose Rodríguez-Palomares, Sergi Bellmunt Montoya","doi":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.07.018","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.07.018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injuries (BTAIs) are associated with a high mortality rate. Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) is the most frequently used surgical strategy in patients with BTAI, as it offers good short- and middle-term results. Previous studies have reported an abnormally high prevalence of hypertension (HT) in these patients. This work aimed to describe the long-term prevalence of HT and provide a comprehensive evaluation of the biomechanical, clinical, and functional factors involved in HT development.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twenty-six patients treated with TEVAR following BTAI with no history of HT at the time of trauma were enrolled. They were matched with 37 healthy volunteers based on age, sex, and body surface area and underwent a comprehensive follow-up study, including cardiovascular magnetic resonance, 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, and assessment of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV, a measure of aortic stiffness) and flow-mediated vasodilation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean patient age was 43.5 ± 12.9 years, and the majority were male (23 of 26; 88.5%). At a mean of 120.2 ± 69.7 months after intervention, 17 patients (65%) presented with HT, 14 (54%) had abnormal nighttime blood pressure dipping, and 6 (23%) high cfPWV. New-onset HT was related to a more proximal TEVAR landing zone and greater distal oversizing. Abnormal nighttime blood pressure was related to high cfPWV, which in turn was associated with TEVAR length and premature arterial aging.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>HT frequently occurs otherwise healthy subjects undergoing TEVAR implantation after BTAI. TEVAR stiffness and length, the proximal landing zone, and distal oversizing are potentially modifiable surgical characteristics related to abnormal blood pressure.</p>","PeriodicalId":49975,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10045746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-03-30DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.03.028
Cecilia Menna, Silvia Fiorelli, Beatrice Trabalza Marinucci, Domenico Massullo, Antonio D'Andrilli, Anna Maria Ciccone, Claudio Andreetti, Giulio Maurizi, Camilla Vanni, Alessandra Siciliani, Matteo Tiracorrendo, Massimiliano Mancini, Federico Venuta, Erino Angelo Rendina, Mohsen Ibrahim
Objective: The large number of patients with COVID-19 subjected to prolonged invasive mechanical ventilation has been expected to result in a significant increase in tracheal stenosis in the next years. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare postoperative outcomes of patients who survived COVID-19 critical illness and underwent tracheal resection for postintubation/posttracheostomy tracheal stenosis with those of non-COVID-19 patients.
Methods: It was single-center, retrospective study. All consecutive patients with post-intubation/posttracheostomy tracheal stenosis who underwent tracheal resection from February 2020 to March 2022 were enrolled. A total of 147 tracheal resections were performed: 24 were in post-COVID-19 patients and 123 were in non-COVID-19 patients. A 1:1 propensity score matching analysis was performed, considering age, gender, body mass index, and length of stenosis. After matching, 2 groups of 24 patients each were identified: a post-COVID-19 group and a non-COVID group.
Results: No mortality after surgery was registered. Posttracheostomy etiology of stenosis resulted more frequently in post-COVID-19 patients (n = 20 in the post-COVID-19 group vs n = 11 in the non-COVID-19 group; P = .03), as well as intensive care unit admissions during the postoperative period (16 vs 9 patients; P = .04). Need for postoperative reintubation for glottic edema and respiratory failure was higher in the post-COVID-19 group (7 vs 2 postoperative reintubation procedures; P = .04). Postoperative dysphonia was observed in 11 (46%) patients in the post-COVID-19 group versus 4 (16%) patients in the non-COVID-19 group (P = .03).
Conclusions: Tracheal resection continues to be safe and effective in COVID-19-related tracheal stenosis scenarios. Intensive care unit admission rates and postoperative complications seem to be higher in post-COVID-19 patients who underwent tracheal resection compared with non-COVID-19 patients.
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Pub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-05-30DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.04.032
Igor Vendramin, Uberto Bortolotti, Ugolino Livi
{"title":"Follow-up of bioprosthesis recipients: How long should a long-term be?","authors":"Igor Vendramin, Uberto Bortolotti, Ugolino Livi","doi":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.04.032","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.04.032","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49975,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141181137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2023-08-30DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.08.037
Carlos E Diaz-Castrillon, Derek Serna-Gallegos, George Arnaoutakis, Joshua Grimm, Wilson Y Szeto, Danny Chu, Ahmet Sezer, Ibrahim Sultan
Objective: To determine the relationship between volume of cases and failure-to-rescue (FTR) rate after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) across the United States.
Methods: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons adult cardiac surgery database was used to review outcomes of surgery after ATAAD between June 2017 and December 2021. Mixed-effect models and restricted cubic splines were used to determine the risk-adjusted relationships between ATAAD average volume and FTR rate. FTR calculation was based on deaths associated with the following complications: venous thromboembolism/deep venous thrombosis, stroke, renal failure, mechanical ventilation >48 hours, sepsis, gastrointestinal complications, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and unplanned reoperation.
Results: In total, 18,192 patients underwent surgery for ATAAD in 832 centers. The included hospitals' median volume was 2.2 cases/year (interquartile range [IQR], 0.9-5.8). Quartiles' distribution was 615 centers in the first (1.3 cases/year, IQR, 0.4-2.9); 123 centers in the second (8 cases/year, IQR, 6.7-10.2); 66 centers in the third (15.6 cases/year, IQR, 14.2-18); and 28 centers in the fourth quartile (29.3 cases/year, IQR, 28.8-46.0). Fourth-quartile hospitals performed more extensive procedures. Overall complication, mortality, and FTR rates were 52.6%, 14.2%, and 21.7%, respectively. Risk-adjusted analysis demonstrated increased odds of FTR when the average volume was fewer than 10 cases per year.
Conclusions: Although high-volume centers performed more complex procedures than low-volume centers, their operative mortality was lower, perhaps reflecting their ability to rescue patients and mitigate complications. An average of fewer than 10 cases per year at an institution is associated with increased odds of failure to rescue patients after ATAAD repair.
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Objectives: We aim to evaluate the heterogeneous treatment effects of coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and to identify a group of patients to have greater benefits from coronary artery bypass grafting compared with medical therapy alone.
Methods: Machine learning causal forest modeling was performed to identify the heterogeneous treatment effects of coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy from the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure trial. The risks of death from any cause and death from cardiovascular causes between coronary artery bypass grafting and medical therapy alone were assessed in the identified subgroups.
Results: Among 1212 patients enrolled in the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure trial, left ventricular end-systolic volume index, serum creatinine, and age were identified by the machine learning algorithm to distinguish patients with heterogeneous treatment effects. Among patients with left ventricular end-systolic volume index greater than 84 mL/m2 and age 60.27 years or less, coronary artery bypass grafting was associated with a significantly lower risk of death from any cause (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.45-0.84) and death from cardiovascular causes (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.63; 95% CI, 0.45-0.89). By contrast, the survival benefits of coronary artery bypass grafting no longer exist in patients with left ventricular end-systolic volume index 84 mL/m2 or less and serum creatinine 1.04 mg/dL or less, or patients with left ventricular end-systolic volume index greater than 84 mL/m2 and age more than 60.27 years.
Conclusions: The current post hoc analysis of the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure trial identified heterogeneous treatment effects of coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. Younger patients with severe left ventricular enlargement were more likely to derive greater survival benefits from coronary artery bypass grafting.
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Pub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2023-10-13DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.10.012
Matthew Romano, Patrick M McCarthy, Abigail S Baldridge, Jane Kruse, Anna Huskin, China Green, Jessica Woodford, Heather Byrd, Steven F Bolling
Objective: Guideline recommendations for mechanical or bioprosthetic valve for mitral valve replacement by age remains controversial. We sought to determine bovine pericardial valve durability by age and risk of reintervention.
Methods: This retrospective study between 2 large university-based cardiac surgery programs examined patients who underwent bioprosthetic mitral valve replacement from 2004 to 2020. Follow-up was obtained through June 2022. Durability outcomes involving structural valve deterioration were compared by age decile.
Results: Of 1544 available patients, mean age was 66 ± 13 years and 652 (42%) were aged less than 65 years. Indications for mitral valve replacement were as follows: mitral regurgitation greater than 2+ in 53% (n = 813), mitral stenosis in 44% (n = 650), endocarditis in 18% (n = 277), and reoperation in 39% (n = 602). Concomitant procedures were aortic valve replacement in 28% (n = 426), tricuspid valve in 36% (n = 550), and coronary artery bypass in 19% (n = 290). Thirty-day mortality was 5.4%. In follow-up (clinical: median [interquartile range] 75 [25-129] months), reoperation for endocarditis and new stroke were low (0.30 and 1.06 per 100 patient/years, respectively). The cumulative incidence of mitral valve reintervention for structural valve deterioration among all patients was 6.2% at 10 years and 9.0% at 12 years with no statistical difference in structural valve deterioration in patients aged 40 to 70 years (P = .1). In 90 patients with mitral valve reintervention, 30-day mortality after reintervention was 4.7% (n = 2) for 43 with mitral valve-in-valve and 6.4% (n = 3) for 47 with reoperation.
Conclusions: Bovine pericardial mitral valve replacement is a durable option for younger patients. The opportunity to avoid anticoagulation and the associated risks with mechanical mitral valve replacement may be of benefit to patients. These insights may provide data needed to revise the current guidelines.
{"title":"Should mitral valve replacement age guidelines be lowered due to better bioprosthetic mitral valve durability?","authors":"Matthew Romano, Patrick M McCarthy, Abigail S Baldridge, Jane Kruse, Anna Huskin, China Green, Jessica Woodford, Heather Byrd, Steven F Bolling","doi":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.10.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.10.012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Guideline recommendations for mechanical or bioprosthetic valve for mitral valve replacement by age remains controversial. We sought to determine bovine pericardial valve durability by age and risk of reintervention.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective study between 2 large university-based cardiac surgery programs examined patients who underwent bioprosthetic mitral valve replacement from 2004 to 2020. Follow-up was obtained through June 2022. Durability outcomes involving structural valve deterioration were compared by age decile.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 1544 available patients, mean age was 66 ± 13 years and 652 (42%) were aged less than 65 years. Indications for mitral valve replacement were as follows: mitral regurgitation greater than 2+ in 53% (n = 813), mitral stenosis in 44% (n = 650), endocarditis in 18% (n = 277), and reoperation in 39% (n = 602). Concomitant procedures were aortic valve replacement in 28% (n = 426), tricuspid valve in 36% (n = 550), and coronary artery bypass in 19% (n = 290). Thirty-day mortality was 5.4%. In follow-up (clinical: median [interquartile range] 75 [25-129] months), reoperation for endocarditis and new stroke were low (0.30 and 1.06 per 100 patient/years, respectively). The cumulative incidence of mitral valve reintervention for structural valve deterioration among all patients was 6.2% at 10 years and 9.0% at 12 years with no statistical difference in structural valve deterioration in patients aged 40 to 70 years (P = .1). In 90 patients with mitral valve reintervention, 30-day mortality after reintervention was 4.7% (n = 2) for 43 with mitral valve-in-valve and 6.4% (n = 3) for 47 with reoperation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Bovine pericardial mitral valve replacement is a durable option for younger patients. The opportunity to avoid anticoagulation and the associated risks with mechanical mitral valve replacement may be of benefit to patients. These insights may provide data needed to revise the current guidelines.</p>","PeriodicalId":49975,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41240373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}