Contemporary real-world outcomes of surgical aortic valve replacement in 141,905 low-risk, intermediate-risk, and high-risk patients.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2015
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The introduction of transcatheter aortic valve replacement mandates attention to outcomes after surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in low-risk, intermediate-risk, and very high-risk patients.
METHODS: The study population included 141,905 patients who underwent isolated primary SAVR from 2002 to 2010. Patients were risk-stratified by Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) predicted risk of mortality (PROM)8% (group 3, n = 8,759). The majority of patients were considered at low risk (80%), and only 6.2% were categorized as being at high risk. Outcomes were analyzed based on two time periods: 2002 to 2006 (n = 63,754) and 2007 to 2010 (n = 78,151).
RESULTS: The mean age was 65 years in group 1, 77 in group 2, and 77 in group 3 (p < 0.0001). The median STS PROM for the entire population was 1.84: 1.46% in group 1, 5.24% in group 2, and 11.2% in group 3 (p < 0.0001). Compared with PROM, in-hospital mean mortality was lower than expected in all patients (2.5% vs 2.95%) and when analyzed within risk groups was as follows: group 1 (1.4% vs 1.7%), group 2 (5.1% vs 5.5%), and group 3 (11.8% vs 13.7%) (p < 0.0001). In the most recent surgical era, operative mortality was significantly reduced in group 2 (5.4% vs 6.4%, p = 0.002) and group 3 (11.9% vs 14.4%, p = 0.0004) but not in group 1.
CONCLUSIONS: Nearly 80% of patients undergoing SAVR have outcomes that are superior to those by the predicted risk models. In the most recent era, early results have further improved in medium-risk and high-risk patients. This large real-world assessment serves as a benchmark for patients with aortic valve stenosis as therapeutic options are further evaluated.
Volume
99
Issue
1
First Page
55
Last Page
61
ISSN
1552-6259
Published In/Presented At
Thourani, V. H., Suri, R. M., Gunter, R. L., Sheng, S., O'Brien, S. M., Ailawadi, G., Szeto, W. Y., Dewey, T. M., Guyton, R. A., Bavaria, J. E., Babaliaros, V., Gammie, J. S., Svensson, L., Williams, M., Badhwar, V., & Mack, M. J. (2015). Contemporary real-world outcomes of surgical aortic valve replacement in 141,905 low-risk, intermediate-risk, and high-risk patients. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 99(1), 55–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.06.050
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
25442986
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article