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Mitral/Tricuspid Valvular Disease

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Original Research2020 Nov 22;ehaa819.

JOURNAL:Eur Heart J. Article Link

Prognostic importance of the transmitral pressure gradient in mitral annular calcification with associated mitral valve dysfunction

PB Bertrand, TW Churchill, E Yucel et al. Keywords: mitral annular calcification-related mitral valve dysfunction; mean transmitral pressure gradient; mitral regurgitation

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AIMS - The aim of this study was to define the natural history of patients with mitral annular calcification (MAC)-related mitral valve dysfunction and to assess the prognostic importance of mean transmitral pressure gradient (MG) and impact of concomitant mitral regurgitation (MR).

 

METHODS AND RESULTS - The institutional echocardiography database was examined from 2001 to 2019 for all patients with MAC and MG 3 mmHg. A total of 5754 patients were stratified by MG in low (35 mmHg, n = 3927), mid (510 mmHg, n = 1476), and high (10 mmHg, n = 351) gradient. The mean age was 78 ± 11 years, and 67% were female. MR was none/trace in 32%, mild in 42%, moderate in 23%, and severe in 3%. Primary outcome was all-cause mortality, and outcome models were adjusted for age, sex, and MAC-related risk factors (hypertension, diabetes, coronary artery disease, chronic kidney disease). Survival at 1, 5, and 10 years was 77%, 42%, and 18% in the low-gradient group; 73%, 38%, and 17% in the mid-gradient group; and 67%, 25%, and 11% in the high-gradient group, respectively (log-rank P < 0.001 between groups). MG was independently associated with mortality (adjusted HR 1.064 per 1 mmHg increase, 95% CI 1.0491.080). MR severity was associated with mortality at low gradients (P < 0.001) but not at higher gradients (P = 0.166 and 0.372 in the mid- and high-gradient groups, respectively).

 

CONCLUSION - In MAC-related mitral valve dysfunction, mean transmitral gradient is associated with increased mortality after adjustment for age, sex, and MAC-related risk factors. Concomitant MR is associated with excess mortality in low-gradient ranges (35 mmHg) but gradually loses prognostic importance at higher gradients, indicating prognostic utility of transmitral gradient in MAC regardless of MR severity.