• Brian R Lindman, Catherine M Otto, Pamela S Douglas, Rebecca T Hahn, Sammy Elmariah, Neil J Weissman, William J Stewart, Girma M Ayele, Feifan Zhang, Alan Zajarias, Hersh S Maniar, Hasan Jilaihawi, Eugene Blackstone, Khaja M Chinnakondepalli, E Murat Tuzcu, Martin B Leon, and Philippe Pibarot.
• From the Structural Heart and Valve Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN (B.R.L.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (B.R.L., A.Z., H.S.M.); University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle (C.M.O.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (P.S.D.); Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY (R.T.H., M.B.L.); Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (S.E.); Medstar Health Research Institute, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC (N.J.W.); Cleveland Clinic, OH (W.J.S., E.B., E.M.T.); Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY (G.M.A., F.Z., M.B.L.); Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (H.J.); Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, MO (K.M.C.); and Department of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada (P.P.). brian.r.lindman@vanderbilt.edu.
• Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Jul 1; 10 (7).

BackgroundAfter aortic valve replacement, left ventricular afterload is often characterized by the residual valve obstruction. Our objective was to determine whether higher systemic arterial afterload-as reflected in blood pressure, pulsatile and resistive load-is associated with adverse clinical outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).Methods And ResultsTotal, pulsatile, and resistive arterial load were measured in 2141 patients with severe aortic stenosis treated with TAVR in the PARTNER I trial (Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valve) who had systolic blood pressure (SBP) and an echocardiogram obtained 30 days after TAVR. The primary end point was 30-day to 1-year all-cause mortality. Lower SBP at 30 days after TAVR was associated with higher mortality (20.0% for SBP 100-129 mm Hg versus 12.0% for SBP 130-170 mm Hg; P<0.001). This association remained significant after adjustment, was consistent across subgroups, and confirmed in sensitivity analyses. In adjusted models that included SBP, higher total and pulsatile arterial load were associated with increased mortality (P<0.001 for all), but resistive load was not. Patients with low 30-day SBP and high pulsatile load had a 3-fold higher mortality than those with high 30-day SBP and low pulsatile load (26.1% versus 8.1%; hazard ratio, 3.62; 95% confidence interval, 2.36-5.55).ConclusionsEven after relief of valve obstruction in patients with aortic stenosis, there is an independent association between post-TAVR blood pressure, systemic arterial load, and mortality. Blood pressure goals in patients with a history of aortic stenosis may need to be redefined. Increased pulsatile arterial load, rather than blood pressure, may be a target for adjunctive medical therapy to improve outcomes after TAVR.Clinical Trial RegistrationURL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00530894.© 2017 American Heart Association, Inc.

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