Quality of Life 5 Years Following Transfemoral TAVR or SAVR in Intermediate Risk Patients

  • Neal S. Kleiman*
  • , Nicolas M. Van Mieghem
  • , Michael J. Reardon
  • , Hemal Gada
  • , Mubashir Mumtaz
  • , Peter Skov Olsen
  • , John Heiser
  • , William Merhi
  • , Stanley Chetcuti
  • , G. Michael Deeb
  • , Atul Chawla
  • , Bob Kiaii
  • , Patrick Teefy
  • , Michael W.A. Chu
  • , Steven J. Yakubov
  • , Stephan Windecker
  • , Andrew D. Althouse
  • , Suzanne J. Baron
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Background: 

Symptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) at high risk for surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) sustain comparable improvements in health status over 5 years after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) or SAVR. Whether a similar long-term benefit is observed among intermediate-risk AS patients is unknown. 

Objectives: 

The purpose of this study was to assess health status outcomes through 5 years in intermediate risk patients treated with a self-expanding TAVR prosthesis or SAVR using data from the SURTAVI (Surgical Replacement and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation) trial. 

Methods: 

Intermediate-risk patients randomized to transfemoral TAVR or SAVR in the SURTAVI trial had disease-specific health status assessed at baseline, 30 days, and annually to 5 years using the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ). Health status was compared between groups using fixed effects repeated measures modelling. 

Results:

Of the 1,584 patients (TAVR, n = 805; SAVR, n = 779) included in the analysis, health status improved more rapidly after TAVR compared with SAVR. However, by 1 year, both groups experienced large health status benefits (mean change in KCCQ-Overall Summary Score (KCCQ-OS) from baseline: TAVR: 20.5 ± 22.4; SAVR: 20.5 ± 22.2). This benefit was sustained, albeit modestly attenuated, at 5 years (mean change in KCCQ-OS from baseline: TAVR: 15.4 ± 25.1; SAVR: 14.3 ± 24.2). There were no significant differences in health status between the cohorts at 1 year or beyond. Similar findings were observed in the KCCQ subscales, although a substantial attenuation of benefit was noted in the physical limitation subscale over time in both groups. 

Conclusions: 

In intermediate-risk AS patients, both transfemoral TAVR and SAVR resulted in comparable and durable health status benefits to 5 years. Further research is necessary to elucidate the mechanisms for the small decline in health status noted at 5 years compared with 1 year in both groups.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)979-988
Number of pages10
JournalJACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
Volume17
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Apr 2024

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