Abstract
Background: The optimal access route in patients with severe peripheral artery disease (PAD) undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) remains undetermined. Objectives: This study sought to compare clinical outcomes with transfemoral access (TFA), transthoracic access (TTA), and nonthoracic transalternative access (TAA) in TAVR patients with severe PAD. Methods: Patients with PAD and hostile femoral access (TFA impossible, or possible only after percutaneous treatment) undergoing TAVR at 28 international centers were included in this registry. The primary endpoint was the propensity-adjusted risk of 30-day major adverse events (MAE) defined as the composite of all-cause mortality, stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA), or main access site–related Valve Academic Research Consortium 3 major vascular complications. Outcomes were also stratified according to the severity of PAD using a novel risk score (Hostile score). Results: Among the 1,707 patients included in the registry, 518 (30.3%) underwent TAVR with TFA after percutaneous treatment, 642 (37.6%) with TTA, and 547 (32.0%) with TAA (mostly transaxillary). Compared with TTA, both TFA (adjusted HR: 0.58; 95% CI: 0.45-0.75) and TAA (adjusted HR: 0.60; 95% CI: 0.47-0.78) were associated with lower 30-day rates of MAE, driven by fewer access site–related complications. Composite risks at 1 year were also lower with TFA and TAA compared with TTA. TFA compared with TAA was associated with lower 1-year risk of stroke/TIA (adjusted HR: 0.49; 95% CI: 0.24-0.98), a finding confined to patients with low Hostile scores (Pinteraction = 0.049). Conclusions: Among patients with PAD undergoing TAVR, both TFA and TAA were associated with lower 30-day and 1-year rates of MAE compared with TTA, but 1-year stroke/TIA rates were higher with TAA compared with TFA.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 396-411 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 27 Feb 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Funding information:Dr Palmerini has received speaker fees from Edwards Lifesciences
and Medtronic. Dr Saia has received consulting and lecture fees from
Abbott, Edwards Lifesciences, and Medtronic. Dr Kim has received
personal fees from Abbott, Boston Scientific, Edwards Lifesciences,
Medtronic, Merill Life Sciences, and Shockwave Medical. Dr
Søndergaard has received consulting fees and/or institutional
research grants from Abbott, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, and
Sahajanand Medical Technologies. Dr Burzotta has received speaker
fees from Abiomed, Abbott, Medtronic, and Terumo. Dr Romagnoli
has received speaker fees by Abbott Vascular, Abiomed, and Medtronic. Dr Van Mieghem has received research grant support from
Abbott Vascular, Biotronik, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Edwards
Lifesciences, Abiomed, PulseCath BV, and Daiichi Sankyo. Dr Pilgrim
has received research grants to his institution from Boston Scientific Biotronik, and Edwards Lifesciences; and honoraria from Biotronik,
Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Abbott, and HighLife SAS. Dr Adam has
received personal and proctoring fees from Abbott, Boston Scientific,
Edwards Lifesciences, JenaValve, and Medtronic (during the conduct
of the study). Dr Di Mario has received research grants to his institution from Abbott, Amgen, Boston Scientific, Chiesi, Daiichi Sankyo,
Edwards Lifesciences, and Volcano Philips. Dr Toggweiler has served
as a proctor/consultant for Medtronic, Edwards Lifesciences, Biosensors, Boston Scientific, and Abbott Vascular; has served consultant
for Medira, AtHeart Medical, Veosource, Shockwave, Teleflex, and
Polares Medical; has received institutional research grants from Biosensors, Boston Scientific, and Fumedica; and holds equity in Hi-D
Imaging. Dr Testa has received consulting fees from and served as a
proctor Abbott, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, and Merrill. Dr Berti has
served as a proctor for Edwards Lifesciences, Abbott, and Boston
Scientific. Dr Ancona has received consultant fees from Abbott. Dr
Montorfano has received proctor fees from Abbott, Edwards Lifesciences, and Boston Scientific. Dr Castriota has received proctoring
fees from Abbott and Medtronic. Dr Petronio has received consultant
and research funds from Medtronic, Boston Scientific, and Abbott.
Dr Barbanti has served as a consultant for Medtronic, Edwards Lifesciences, and Boston Scientific. Dr Tamburino has received speaker
honoraria from Abbott and Medtronic. Dr Nickenig has received lecture or advisory board honoraria from Abbott, Amarin, AstraZeneca,
Bayer, Berlin Chemie, Biosensus, Biotronik, Bristol Myers Squibb,
Boehringer Ingelheim, CardioValve, Daiichi Sankyo, Edwards Lifesciences, Medtronic, Novartis, Pfizer, and Sanofi; owns stock options
with Beren, Cardiovalve; has served in clinical trials with Abbott,
AstraZeneca, Bayer, Berlin Chemie, Biosensus, Biotronik, Bristol
Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, CardioValve, Daiichi Sankyo,
Edwards Lifesciences, Medtronic, Novartis, Pfizer, and Sanofi; and
has received research funding from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, the Bundeministerium für Bildung und Forschun, the European Union, Abbott, Bayer, Bristol Myers Squibb,
Boehringer Ingelheim, Edwards Lifesciences, Medtronic, Novartis,
and Pfizer. Dr Stefanini has received speaker fees from Abbott
Vascular, Boston Scientific, and Pfizer/Bristol Myers Squibb; research
grants to his institution from Boston Scientific. Dr Latib has served as
a consultant for Abbott, Medtronic, Edwards Lifesciences, Boston
Scientific, Neovasc, Shifamed, and Philips. Dr Porto has received
consulting or speaker fees from Biotronik, Abiomed, Medtronic,
Terumo, Philips, Sanofi, Amgen, Daiichi Sankyo, AstraZeneca, and
Bayer, not related to this work. Dr Grube has served on the Speakers
Bureau/Scientific Advisory Board for Medtronic, Boston Scientific,
JenaValve, and High Life; and owns equity interest in Millipede, PiCardia, Ancora, Laminar, ReNiva Medical, and Shockwave. Dr Stone
has received speaker honoraria from Medtronic, Pulnovo, and
Infraredx; has served as a consultant for Valfix, TherOx, Robocath,
HeartFlow, Ablative Solutions, Vectorious, Miracor, Neovasc,
Abiomed, Ancora, Elucid Bio, Occlutech, CorFlow, Apollo Therapeutics, Impulse Dynamics, Cardiomech, Gore, Amgen, and Adona Medical; owns equity/options in Ancora, Cagent, Applied Therapeutics,
the Biostar family of funds, SpectraWave, Orchestra Biomed, Aria,
Cardiac Success, Valfix, and Xenter; has a daughter who is an
employee at Medtronic; and his employer (Mount Sinai Hospital) has
received research support from Abbott, Abiomed, Bioventrix, Cardiovascular Systems, Philips, Biosense Webster, Shockwave, Vascular
Dynamics, and V-wave. All other authors have reported that they
have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to
disclose.
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