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1 Spotlight on Valvular Heart Disease Guidelines Aortic Valve Disease Raphael Rosenhek Department of Cardiology Medical University of Vienna Palermo, April 26 th 2018

2 Valvular Heart Disease Recommendations

3 Valvular Heart Disease A Frequent Disease Projection Joanna L. d'arcy et al. Eur Heart J 2016;37:

4 100 Severe Aortic Regurgitation Postoperative Survival: Preoperative Ventricular Function 80 n = EF 50% P < EF 35-50% EF < 35% Years Chaliki et al, Circulation. 2002;106:

5 Severe Aortic Regurgitation Predicting Postoperative Survival: Preoperative Functional Class n = NYHA I-II 100 NYHA I-II NYHA III-IV 60 NYHA III-IV P = EF 50% 20 P < EF < 50% Years Years Klodas, E. et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 1997;30:

6 Severe Aortic Regurgitation Predictors of Need for Surgery Surgery indicated by LV-dysfunction or development of symptoms n = 101 LVESD 50mm 100 LVEDD 70mm P < LVESD > 50mm Years P < LVEDD > 70mm Years Tornos, P. et al, Am Heart J. 1995;130:

7 Cumulative Survival (%) Aortic Regurgitation Outcome According to Guidelines Strategy Group A Group B Group A Early Surgery Group B Late surgery n NYHA I-II III-IV EF < 45 ESD > P = Years Tornos, P. et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006;47:1012-7

8 Timing of Surgery in Aortic Regurgitation Indications for Surgery in Severe AR ESC/EACTS ACC/AHA Symptomatic patients I I Asymptomatic and LVEF < 50% I I Asymptomatic undergoing other cardiac surgery I I Asymptomatic and LVESD > 50 mm IIa IIa Asymptomatic and LVEDD 70 mm IIa Asymptomatic progressive LV dilatation with LVEDD 65 mm if surgical risk is low IIb

9 Survival (%) Severe Aortic Stenosis Prognosis of Symptomatic Patients Latent period (increasing obstruction, Myocardial overload) Onset of severe symptoms failure syncope angina Average survival (yrs) 20 0 Average age of death Age (yrs) Ross, Braunwald Circulation 1968

10 Event-free Survival Severe asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis 1,0 0,8 0,6 0,4 Exercise-testing Negative (22 patients) Positive test: symptoms (n=23) BP increase < 20mmHg ST segment depression > 2mm Complex vent. arrhyth. 0,2 Positive (44 patients) 0 P= n= Time (months) Amato, MC. Heart 2001;86:

11 Survival (%) Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis Overall Outcome: Wait for Symptoms Strategy General Population Patients with Aortic Stenosis 126 Patients Severe AS (AV-Vel 4m/s) Asymptomatic Compared to Age-, Gender- Matched General Population P = n.s Years Regular Control exams Rosenhek, R. et al. N Engl J Med 2000;343:

12 Early Surgery vs. Conventional Treatment Very Severe Aortic Stenosis Surgery Conventional n = 197 AV-Vel 4.5 m/s mgrad 50 mmhg AVA 0.75 cm 2 P < In a separate analysis in which patients of the conventional treatment group were censored at symptom onset, cardiac mortality rates were 5±2%, 9±3% and 14±6% at 2,4 and 6 yrs (P=0.0018) Years Kang, D. H. et al. Circulation 2010;121:

13 Early Surgery vs. Conventional Treatment Aortic Stenosis Taniguchi et al. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery ,

14 Early Surgery vs. Conventional Treatment Aortic Stenosis Taniguchi et al. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery ,

15 Early Surgery vs. Conventional Treatment Very Severe Aortic Stenosis Metanalysis: All-cause Mortality Généreux P et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2016;67:

16 Valvular Heart Disease Elective Surgery? Risk Stratification Risk Risk of Surgery Prosth. Complications - Thromboembolism - Bleeding - Endocarditis - Paravalvular Regurgitation - Valve Thrombosis Need for reoperation Benefit Late Symptom Reporting Risk of death on waiting list Higher operative mortality for more symptomatic pts. Risk of sudden death Myocardial damage Modified from Rosenhek, R. et al. Eur Heart J 2002;23:

17 Event-free Survival (%) Severe Aortic Stenosis Valve Calcification and Rapid Progression Patients with moderate or severe aortic valve calcification and aortic jet velocity increase > 0.3 m/s within 12 months Time from observation of rapid progression (days) 2 year event-rate: 80% Rosenhek, R. et al. N Engl J Med 2000;343:

18 Event-free Survival (%) The Spectrum of Aortic Stenosis Natural History AV-Vel 2.5 to 3.0 m/s AV-Vel 3.0 to 4.0 m/s AV-Vel 4.0 to 5.0 m/s AV-Vel 5.0 to 5.5 m/s P < AV-Vel 5.5 m/s Years Rosenhek R et al. Eur Heart J 2004;25: Rosenhek R et al. N Engl J Med 2000;343: Rosenhek R et al. Circulation 2010;121:

19 Aortic Stenosis Survival: BNPratio Clavel MA et al. J Am Col Cardiol 2014;63:

20 Asymptomatic / SAVR Surgery in Severe Aortic Stenosis Evolution of the Guidelines ACC/AHA 1998 ESC 2002 ACC/AHA 2006 ESC 2007 ACC/AHA 2008 ESC/EACTS 2012 ACC/AHA 2014 Symptoms I I I I I I I I Symptoms during exercise testing IIa IIb I IIb I I I LVEF < 50% IIa IIa I I I I I I Undergoing other cardiac surgery I I I I I I I I Very severe AS (ESC 5.5 m/s, ACC 5.0 m/s) IIb IIb IIa IIa IIa Exercise test: Blood pressure drop IIa IIa IIb IIa IIb IIa IIa IIa Calcified valve + rapid progression ( 0.3 m/s/yr) ESC/EACTS 2017 IIa IIb IIa IIb IIa IIb IIa Elevated BNP (3x age/gender corrected) IIb IIa Severe pulmonary hypertension (spap > 60mmHg) Exercise echo: mgrad 20 mmhg Excessive LVH no hypertension IIb IIb IIb Ventricular Arrhythmias IIb IIb IIb IIa

21 Natural History Velocity vs. Valve Area AVA < 1 cm 2 Sensitive AV-Vel 4.0 m/s Specific Minners, J. et al. Eur Heart J :

22 Aortic Stenosis AVA 1.0 cm 2 EF 50% EF < 50% Normal flow SVI > 35/m 2 Aortic Stenosis Reduced flow SVI 35/m 2 Paradoxical low flow AS Low Gradient Low-flow low-gradient AS Dobutamine Echo High Gradient AS with reduced ventricular function and a preserved gradient Contractile Reserve No Contractile Reserve True Severe AS Relative Nonsevere AS

23 Survival (%) Low Flow Low Gradient AS Contractile Reserve Contractile Reserve (n=92) - Stroke Volume Increase 20% No Contractile Reserve (n=44) N=136 Contractile Reserve Valve Replacement Only 7 of 136 pts. fulfilled the criteria for relative (nonsevere) AS No Contractile Reserve Valve Replacement Contractile Reserve Medical Treatment No Contractile Reserve Medical Treatment Time (months) Monin JL et al. Circulation 2003;108:

24 LFLG AS: Outcome after AVR Absence of Contractile Reserve Tribouilloy, C. et al. JACC 2009;53:

25 Change in LVEF after AVR Effect of Contractile Reserve Group I (n=38) contractile reserve Group II (n=13) no contractile reserve Quere, J.-P. et al. Circulation 2006;113:

26 Low Flow Low Gradient AS (Pseudosevere) Conservative Management Fougères E et al. Eur Heart J 2012;33:

27 Paradoxical LFLG Aortic Stenosis Outcome Clavel MA et al. J Am Coll Card 2012;60:

28 Aortic Stenosis and Calcification Impact on Survival Clavel MA et al. J Am Coll Cardiology 2014 ;

29 ESC/EACTS Valve Guidelines 2017 Indications for Intervention in Low Gradient AS Recommendation Class Level Intervention is indicated in symptomatic patients with severe lowflow, low-gradient (<40 mmhg) aortic stenosis with reduced ejection fraction and evidence of flow (contractile) reserve excluding pseudosevere aortic stenosis. Intervention should be considered in symptomatic patients with low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis and reduced ejection fraction without flow (contractile) reserve, particularly when CT calcium scoring confirms severe aortic stenosis. I IIa C C Intervention should be considered in symptomatic patients with low-flow, low-gradient (<40 mmhg) aortic stenosis with normal ejection fraction after careful confirmation of severe aortic stenosis IIa C 2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the Management of VHD Eur Heart J 2017

30 Aortic Stenosis Undertreatment EU Aortic stenosis 75 yrs n = 408 No severe AS (n = 124) Severe AS (n = 284) No severe symptoms n = 68 No intervention n = 72 (33%) Severe symptoms n = 216 Intervention n = 144 (67%) NYHA III: 105 NYHA IV: 35 Angina: 147 Iung, B et al. Eur Heart J 2005;26:

31 Severe Aortic Stenosis Risk of Delay in Referral and Symptom Reporting 422 patients undergoing aortic valve replacement 48% were in NYHA class III and IV Mean time from referral to AVR was 112 days Gjertsson, P et al. Scand Cardiovasc J 2007;41:12-18

32 Days to symptom reporting Symptom Reporting in Aortic Stenosis Valve Clinic Impact Vienna Experience P < P < % 50 0 Ini al Symptoma c Presenta on Enrolled in a Follow-up program Symptom repor ng at scheduled visit 21% Symptom repor ng before scheduled visit Zilberszac R et al. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2017;18:

33 Heart Valve Clinic Concept Patient Referring Physician Feedback Standard HVC Cardiologist/Imaging Expert in VHD + Nurse ( Hub ) Heart Valve Clinic Advanced HVC Experts in VHD + Interventional Cardiology + Cardiac Surgery Multidisciplinary Decision-Making Heart Team Optimized Management Workup for Intervention Patient Education Setting for Follow-up Increased Referral Education Expertise Translation of knowledge Training of physicians Research Local Databases Scientific Cooperation Translational Research Lancellotti P et al. Eur Heart J 2013;34:

34 High-Quality Care in Valve Disease Integrative Approach Concept of Valve Centers Imaging Disease Severity Anatomy Heart Team Natural History Life Expectancy Individual Risk Multidisciplinary Teams Volume Quality Assessment (robust audit) Excellence in Imaging Intervention Surgery Heart Valve Clinic Interventional Risk Postinterventional Outcome Need for Reintervention Adapted from Rosenhek R et al. Eur Heart J 2012;33: Timing and Choice of Procedure Modified from Chambers J et al. Eur Heart J 2017;38:

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