Vliv zkušenosti na výsledky katetrové implantace aortální chlopně v léčbě významné aortální stenózy
| Title in English | The role of learning curve on the results of aortic valve implantation for severe aortic stenosis |
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| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Vnitřní lékařství |
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| Field | Cardiovascular diseases incl. cardiosurgery |
| Keywords | aortic stenosis; aortic valve implantation; TAVI; learning curve |
| Description | Introduction: Patients with serious aortic stenoses treated by conservative therapy have significantly worse life expectancy. Besides the surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) as the gold standard of therapy, the transcathe-ter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is indicated in patients at very high risk or who arecontraindicated to AVR. The role of learning-curve in TAVI has to be established. Aim: Assessment of the results of consecutive TAVI procedu¬res based on the experience of the team. Methods: 58 high-risk consecutive patients with the average age of 82.2 years were divided into 3 groups based on the TAVI order (< 20., 21.-40., 41 .-58.). After the Edwards SAPIEN implantation via transfemoral or transapical approaches, all patients were followed for minimum 30 days. Data from the national registry (Czech TAVI Registry) were used for the retrospective analysis. Comparison of the groups was done by using the Kruskal-Wallis test, Mann-Whitney U test and x2 test. Results: Significantly shorter procedural time (p < 0.001), hospitalization (p = 0.033) and a lower amount of contrast medium (p < 0.001) was observed during the time. There was no difference in the rate of clinical complications at 30 days. Conclusions: Increasing experience of the TAVI implantation team is associated with significantly shorter procedural time, hospitalization and a lower amount of contrast medium. Overall very good clinical results during 30 days were not affected by the team experience. |