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Transcatheter 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 pacemaker
2024
Reinterventions After CoreValve/Evolut Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement for Treatment of Severe Aortic Stenosis
Grubb K, Lisko J, O'Hair D, Merhi W, Forrest J, Mahoney P, Van Mieghem N, Windecker S, Yakubov S, Williams M, Chetcuti S, Deeb G, Kleiman N, Althouse A, Reardon M. Reinterventions After CoreValve/Evolut Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement for Treatment of Severe Aortic Stenosis. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2024, 17: 1007-1016. PMID: 38573257, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2024.01.292.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAortic ValveAortic Valve StenosisFemaleHeart Valve ProsthesisHeart Valve Prosthesis ImplantationHumansIncidenceMalePostoperative ComplicationsProsthesis DesignRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRetreatmentRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexTime FactorsTranscatheter Aortic Valve ReplacementTreatment OutcomeConceptsSurgical aortic valve replacementTranscatheter aortic valve replacementIncidence of reinterventionAortic valve replacementCumulative incidence of reinterventionValve replacementValve reinterventionCumulative incidenceCoreValve transcatheter aortic valve replacementLow incidence of reinterventionSurgical aortic valve replacement patientsSingle-arm studyFirst-generation CoreValveEvolut R/ProParavalvular regurgitationReinterventionRandomized trialsLow incidenceCoreValvePooled dataTranscatheterIncidenceTreatmentYearsEndocarditis
2023
Transcatheter 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
Imaging, Treatment Options, Patient Selection, and Outcome Considerations for Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
Ahmad Y, Agarwal V, Williams M, Wang D, Reardon M, Cavalcante J, Makkar R, Forrest J. Imaging, Treatment Options, Patient Selection, and Outcome Considerations for Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease. Journal Of The Society For Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions 2022, 1: 100506. PMID: 39132366, PMCID: PMC11307905, DOI: 10.1016/j.jscai.2022.100506.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAortic valve replacementTranscatheter aortic valve replacementBicuspid aortic valve diseaseAortic valve diseaseValve replacementValve diseaseBAV diseaseSevere symptomatic aortic stenosisSurgical aortic valve replacementPivotal randomized trialsAortic valve surgerySymptomatic aortic stenosisRandomized clinical trialsValve surgeryHeart teamAortic stenosisSurgical riskPatient selectionRandomized trialsBicuspid valveSurgical approachTreatment optionsClinical trialsPatientsDisease
2021
Alternate accesses for transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A network meta‐analysis
Hameed I, Oakley CT, Hameed NUF, Ahmed A, Naeem N, Singh S, Rizwana K, Brackett A, Forrest JK, Kaple R, Mangi A, Salemi A, Geirsson A, Gaudino M, Vallabhajosyula P. Alternate accesses for transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A network meta‐analysis. Journal Of Cardiac Surgery 2021, 36: 4308-4319. PMID: 34494307, DOI: 10.1111/jocs.15961.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscatheter aortic valve replacementAortic valve replacementTF accessValve replacementHigher long-term mortalityLong-term strokeSuperior postoperative outcomesLong-term mortalityRandom-effects networkComprehensive literature searchDifferent treatment groupsPostoperative outcomesTransfemoral accessRandomized trialsTA accessTranscarotidTreatment groupsTransapicalLiterature searchTC accessCombination of TFSignificant differencesStrokeProbability rankMortality