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2-Year Outcomes After Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients
Forrest JK, Deeb GM, Yakubov SJ, Rovin JD, Mumtaz M, Gada H, O'Hair D, Bajwa T, Sorajja P, Heiser JC, Merhi W, Mangi A, Spriggs DJ, Kleiman NS, Chetcuti SJ, Teirstein PS, Zorn GL, Tadros P, Tchétché D, Resar JR, Walton A, Gleason TG, Ramlawi B, Iskander A, Caputo R, Oh JK, Huang J, Reardon MJ. 2-Year Outcomes After Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2022, 79: 882-896. PMID: 35241222, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.11.062.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscatheter aortic valve replacementEvolut Low Risk trialLow-risk trialsAortic valve replacementPrimary endpointRisk trialsCause mortalityValve replacementTranscatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve ReplacementLow surgical risk patientsSurgical aortic valve replacementIndependent clinical events committeeEchocardiographic core laboratoryKaplan-Meier ratesSevere aortic stenosisClinical events committeeLow-risk patientsCause mortality ratesSelf-expanding valvesDisabling strokeEchocardiographic outcomesSurgical AVRTAVR groupSurgery groupAdverse eventsTranscatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-risk Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis
Forrest JK, Ramlawi B, Deeb GM, Zahr F, Song HK, Kleiman NS, Chetcuti SJ, Michelena HI, Mangi AA, Skiles JA, Huang J, Popma JJ, Reardon MJ. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-risk Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis. JAMA Cardiology 2020, 6: 50-57. PMID: 33031491, PMCID: PMC7542521, DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.4738.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscatheter aortic valve replacementBicuspid aortic valve stenosisAortic valve replacementAortic valve stenosisLow-risk patientsDevice success rateValve replacementValve stenosisCause mortalityRandomized trialsAmerican Heart Association/American CollegeSevere bicuspid aortic valve stenosisHigh device success rateLow surgical risk patientsPrespecified primary end pointPrimary efficacy end pointEnd pointBicuspid aortic stenosisMean AV gradientThoracic Surgeons scoreEfficacy end pointPrimary end pointLow surgical riskMild paravalvular leakNew permanent pacemakerPropensity-Matched Outcomes Comparing TAVR in Bicuspid vs Surgery in Tricuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis
Deeb G, Yakubov S, Reardon M, Ramlawi B, Chetcuti S, Kleiman N, Zahr F, Song H, Gada H, Mumtaz M, Ito S, Huang J, Forrest J. Propensity-Matched Outcomes Comparing TAVR in Bicuspid vs Surgery in Tricuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis. Journal Of The Society For Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions 2022, 2: 100525. PMID: 39132531, PMCID: PMC11307701, DOI: 10.1016/j.jscai.2022.100525.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTranscatheter aortic valve replacementSurgical aortic valve replacementAortic valve stenosisTricuspid aortic valve stenosisBicuspid aortic valve stenosisAortic valve replacementSAVR patientsValve replacementValve stenosisEvolut Low Risk trialIndependent clinical events committeeLow-risk trialsSerious adverse eventsSevere aortic regurgitationClinical events committeeLow surgical riskLow-risk patientsIndependent core laboratoryEffective orifice areaTAVR groupValve gradientAdverse eventsAortic regurgitationSurgical riskEvents committee3-Year Outcomes After Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients With Aortic Stenosis
Forrest J, Deeb G, Yakubov S, Gada H, Mumtaz M, Ramlawi B, Bajwa T, Teirstein P, DeFrain M, Muppala M, Rutkin B, Chawla A, Jenson B, Chetcuti S, Stoler R, Poulin M, Khabbaz K, Levack M, Goel K, Tchétché D, Lam K, Tonino P, Ito S, Oh J, Huang J, Popma J, Kleiman N, Reardon M, Investigators L, Sorajja P, Byrne T, Kirshner M, Bajwa T, Crouch J, Coselli J, Silva G, Hebeler R, Stoler R, Islam A, Rousou A, Poulin M, Khabbaz K, Bladergroen M, Fail P, Netherland D, Lam K, Tonino W, Sudre A, Berthoumieu P, Tchétché D, Khalili H, Hughes G, Harrison J, De A, Tsau P, van Mieghem N, Larbalestier R, Yong G, Agarwal S, Martin W, Park S, Kleiman N, Reardon M, Mohammadi S, Rodes-Cabau J, Sparling J, Elkins C, Ganzel B, Matthews R, Starnes V, Ando K, Chevalier B, Farge A, DeFrain M, Muppala M, Combs W, Bagur R, Chu M, Fontana G, Dev V, Leya F, Tuchek J, Inglessis I, Jassar A, Piazza N, Lacappelle K, Steinberg D, Katz M, Wang J, Kozina J, Slachman F, Merritt R, Chawla A, Jensen B, Alvarez J, Gooley R, Smith J, Ibrahim R, Cartier R, Rovin J, Fujita T, Rutkin B, Yakubov S, Song H, Zahr F, Miyagawa S, Rajagopal V, Kauten J, Gada H, Mumtaz M, Bhindi R, Brady P, Batra S, Davis T, Iskander A, Heimansohn D, Hermiller J, Takamisawa I, Haldis T, Yamazaki S, Teirstein P, Tada N, Saito S, Merhi W, Leung S, Muller D, Heijmen R, Petrossian G, Robinson N, Knight P, Ling F, Radhakrishnan S, Fremes S, Lehr E, Gafoor S, Noel T, Walton A, Resar J, Adams D, Sharma S, Lilly S, Tadros P, Zorn G, Dauerman H, Ittleman F, Horlick E, Feindel C, Welt F, Sharma V, Markowitz A, Carroll J, Fullerton D, Griffith B, Gupta A, de Marchena E, Salerno T, Chetcuti S, Deeb G, Sultan I, Goel K, Pasupati S, Kon N, Zhao D, Ramlawi B, Forrest J. 3-Year Outcomes After Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients With Aortic Stenosis. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2023, 81: 1663-1674. PMID: 36882136, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.02.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscatheter aortic valve replacementAortic valve replacementLow-risk patientsCause mortalityPrimary endpointParavalvular regurgitationValve replacementEvolut Low Risk trialLow surgical risk patientsSurgical aortic valve replacementGreater paravalvular regurgitationLow-risk trialsData comparing outcomesLow-risk studiesSupra-annular valveEchocardiographic outcomesSecondary endpointsSurgery groupTAVR patientsRisk patientsSurgery patientsAortic stenosisPacemaker placementTreatment armsMean age
2024
Three-Year Outcomes Following TAVR in Younger (<75 Years) Low-Surgical-Risk Severe Aortic Stenosis Patients
Modine T, Tchétché D, Van Mieghem N, Deeb G, Chetcuti S, Yakubov S, Sorajja P, Gada H, Mumtaz M, Ramlawi B, Bajwa T, Crouch J, Teirstein P, Kleiman N, Iskander A, Bagur R, Chu M, Berthoumieu P, Sudre A, Adrichem R, Ito S, Huang J, Popma J, Forrest J, Reardon M. Three-Year Outcomes Following TAVR in Younger (<75 Years) Low-Surgical-Risk Severe Aortic Stenosis Patients. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions 2024, 17: e014018-e014018. PMID: 39421943, PMCID: PMC11573113, DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.124.014018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTranscatheter aortic valve replacementSelf-expanding transcatheter aortic valve replacementLow-risk patientsPatients aged <Society of Thoracic Surgeons Predicted Risk of MortalityRandomized to TAVRRate of severe prosthesis-patient mismatchSupra-annularThoracic Surgeons Predicted Risk of MortalityEvolut Low Risk TrialIncidence of disabling strokePatients treated with transcatheter aortic valve replacementRate of valve thrombosisSevere prosthesis-patient mismatchPatients treated with surgeryDisabling strokeIncidence of pacemaker implantationSevere aortic stenosis patientsRates of all-cause mortalityProsthesis-patient mismatchAortic valve replacementSevere aortic stenosisAortic stenosis patientsPatients to treatmentAll-cause mortality
2023
Feasibility of Coronary Access Following Redo-TAVR for Evolut Failure: A Computed Tomography Simulation Study
Tang G, Spencer J, Rogers T, Grubb K, Gleason P, Gada H, Mahoney P, Dauerman H, Forrest J, Reardon M, Blanke P, Leipsic J, Abdel-Wahab M, Attizzani G, Puri R, Caskey M, Chung C, Chen Y, Dudek D, Allen K, Chhatriwalla A, Htun W, Blackman D, Tarantini G, Sanchez J, Schwartz G, Popma J, Sathananthan J. Feasibility of Coronary Access Following Redo-TAVR for Evolut Failure: A Computed Tomography Simulation Study. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions 2023, 16: e013238. PMID: 37988439, PMCID: PMC10653288, DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.123.013238.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRedo-TAVRSAPIEN 3Coronary accessRedo transcatheter aortic valve replacementYounger low-risk patientsFuture coronary accessSAPIEN 3 valveAortic valve replacementLow-risk patientsSelf-expanding valvesPre-TAVR CTValve replacementValve implantationCT planningEvolutImplant positionTomography imagingPatientsCTNodes 4Implant depthTAVRSubstudyNodes 5ValveThree-year outcomes following transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in younger, low surgical risk patients with severe aortic stenosis
Modine T, Tchetche D, Van Mieghem N, Huang J, Forrest J, Reardon M. Three-year outcomes following transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in younger, low surgical risk patients with severe aortic stenosis. European Heart Journal 2023, 44: ehad655.1713. DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad655.1713.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTranscatheter aortic valve implantationSevere aortic stenosisSelf-expanding transcatheter aortic valve implantationLow-risk patientsAortic stenosisRisk patientsLower riskCause mortalityPrimary endpointYounger patientsLower incidenceLow surgical risk patientsSurgical aortic valve replacementGreater paravalvular regurgitationSurgical risk patientsAortic stenosis patientsAortic valve replacementIntermediate-term outcomesLow surgical riskAortic valve implantationThree-Year OutcomesEffective orifice areaYears of ageAortic gradientEchocardiographic outcomesImpact of aortic valve replacement in symptomatic low-risk patients with less than severe aortic stenosis
Ito S, Laham R, Nkomo V, Forrest J, Reardon M, Little S, Mumtaz M, Gada H, Bajwa T, Langholz D, Heiser J, Chawla A, Jenson B, Attizanni G, Markowitz A, Huang J, Oh J. Impact of aortic valve replacement in symptomatic low-risk patients with less than severe aortic stenosis. Open Heart 2023, 10: e002297. PMID: 37173100, PMCID: PMC10186477, DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2023-002297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere aortic stenosisAortic valve replacementAortic stenosisSymptomatic patientsValve replacementKansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire overall summary scoreEvolut Low Risk trialSurgical aortic valve replacementLow-risk trialsLow-risk patientsOverall summary scoreRate of deathQuality of lifeDisabling strokeEchocardiographic evidenceIsolated AVRHaemodynamic profileClinical outcomesHaemodynamic outcomesRisk trialsClinical trialsCalcium volumeSummary scoresPatientsCore laboratory measurementsCerebral Embolic Protection in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Iskander M, Jamil Y, Forrest J, Madhavan M, Makkar R, Leon M, Lansky A, Ahmad Y. Cerebral Embolic Protection in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Structural Heart 2023, 7: 100169. PMID: 37520138, PMCID: PMC10382985, DOI: 10.1016/j.shj.2023.100169.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTranscatheter aortic valve replacementCerebral embolic protection devicesCerebral embolic protectionAortic valve replacementEmbolic protection devicesValve replacementEmbolic protectionSymptomatic severe aortic stenosisSevere aortic stenosisLow-risk patientsPredictors of strokeOccurrence of complicationsRisk of strokeRecent trial dataRelevant clinical studiesOverall evidence baseExpansion of TAVRFeared complicationAortic stenosisSurgical riskTreatment optionsWorse outcomesClinical studiesPatientsTrial dataTranscatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in lower-risk and higher-risk patients: a meta-analysis of randomized trials
Ahmad Y, Howard J, Arnold A, Madhavan M, Cook C, Alu M, Mack M, Reardon M, Thourani V, Kapadia S, Thyregod H, Sondergaard L, Jørgensen T, Toff W, Van Mieghem N, Makkar R, Forrest J, Leon M. Transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in lower-risk and higher-risk patients: a meta-analysis of randomized trials. European Heart Journal 2023, 44: 836-852. PMID: 36660821, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac642.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical aortic valve replacementTranscatheter aortic valve implantationHigh-risk patientsLow-risk patientsComposite of deathAortic valve replacementValve replacementMAIN OUTCOMENew-onset atrial fibrillationSignificant differencesRandomized clinical trial dataAcute kidney injuryAortic valve implantationMain clinical outcomesRisk of deathClinical trial dataMajor bleedingKidney injurySecondary endpointsVascular complicationsValve implantationClinical outcomesParavalvular leakRandomized trialsAtrial fibrillation
2022
Site-Level Variation and Predictors of Permanent Pacemaker Implantation Following TAVR in the Evolut Low-Risk Trial
Gada H, Vora AN, Tang GHL, Mumtaz M, Forrest JK, Laham RJ, Yakubov SJ, Deeb GM, Rammohan C, Huang J, Reardon MJ. Site-Level Variation and Predictors of Permanent Pacemaker Implantation Following TAVR in the Evolut Low-Risk Trial. Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine 2022, 47: 48-54. PMID: 36266154, DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2022.10.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscatheter aortic valve replacementPermanent pacemaker implantationNew permanent pacemaker implantationAortic valve replacementPPI rateValve replacementPacemaker implantationClinical outcomesBenefits of TAVRSelf-expanding transcatheter aortic valve replacementBaseline right bundle branch blockRate of PPIEvolut Low Risk trialSurgical aortic valve replacementRight bundle branch blockLow-risk trialsLeft coronary sinusLow-risk patientsBundle branch blockEvolut valvesCoronary sinusGeneral anesthesiaConduction disordersBranch blockProcedural characteristics
2021
Redo‐transcatheter aortic valve replacement with the supra‐annular, self‐expandable Evolut platform: Insights from the Transcatheter valve Therapy Registry
Attizzani GF, Dallan LAP, Forrest JK, Reardon MJ, Szeto WY, Liu F, Pelletier M. Redo‐transcatheter aortic valve replacement with the supra‐annular, self‐expandable Evolut platform: Insights from the Transcatheter valve Therapy Registry. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2021, 99: 869-876. PMID: 34533891, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.29941.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscatheter Valve Therapy RegistryTranscatheter aortic valveRedo-TAVRTVT RegistryRedo transcatheter aortic valve replacementBetter short-term outcomesTotal aortic regurgitationAortic valve replacementLow-risk patientsShort-term outcomesHospital mortalityIndex hospitalizationAortic regurgitationValve replacementDevice successEvolut RSafety profileMyocardial infarctionAortic valveEvolut PROPatientsRegistryMean gradientOutcomesEvolut