Iria Silva, Julien Ternacle, Rebecca T Hahn, Mohamed Salah-Annabi, Abdellaziz Dahou, Laura Krapf, Erwan Salaun, Ezequiel Guzzetti, Ke Xu, Marie-Annick Clavel, Mathieu Bernier, Jonathan Beaudoin, Paul C Cremer, Wael Jaber, Leonardo Rodriguez, Federico M Asch, Neil J Weismann, Jeroen Bax, Nina Ajmone, Maria C Alu, Faouzi Kallel, Michael J Mack, John G Webb, Samir Kapadia, Raj Makkar, Susheel Kodali, Howard C Herrmann, Vinod Thourani, Martin B Leon, Philippe Pibarot
AIMS: Evaluation of left and right ventricular longitudinal systolic function may enhance risk stratification following aortic valve replacement (AVR). The study objective was to evaluate the changes in left and right ventricular longitudinal systolic function and RV-pulmonary artery (RV-PA) coupling from baseline to 30-days and 1-year after aortic valve replacement (AVR). METHODS AND RESULTS: LV longitudinal strain (LS), tricuspid annulus plane systolic excursion (TAPSE), and RV-PA coupling were evaluated in patients from the PARTNER-2A surgical AVR (SAVR) arm (n=985) and from the PARTNER-2 SAPIEN-3 registry (n=719)...
May 2, 2024: European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging