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ArticleClinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society2022

Concomitant mitral regurgitation in patients with low-gradient aortic stenosis: an analysis from the German Aortic Valve Registry.

Brunilda Alushi, Stephan Ensminger, Eva Herrmann, Ümniye Balaban, Timm Bauer, Andreas Beckmann, Sabine Bleiziffer, Helge Möllmann, Thomas Walther, Raffi Bekeredjian and 8 more

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Article in Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 11 institutions in 1 country.

Brunilda Alushi *Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) Berlin Site, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200, Berlin, Germany. brunilda.alushi@charite.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0937-9999
Stephan Ensminger *Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery, University Heart Center Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Eva HerrmannInstitute of Biostatistics and Mathematical Modelling at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Ümniye BalabanInstitute of Biostatistics and Mathematical Modelling at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Timm BauerDepartment of Cardiology, Sana Klinikum Offenbach, Offenbach, Germany.
Andreas BeckmannGerman Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus, Berlin, Germany.
Sabine BleizifferClinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr Universität Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
Helge MöllmannMedizinische Klinik I, St.-Johannes-Hospital Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany.
Thomas WaltherDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Raffi BekeredjianDepartment of Cardiology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany.
Christian HammDepartment of Cardiology, University Clinic Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Friedhelm BeyersdorfDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Centre Bad Krozingen, Freiburg, Germany.
Stephan BaldusDepartment of Cardiology, Koeln University Hospital, Koeln, Germany.
Andreas BoeningDepartment of Thorax and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Clinic Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
Volkmar FalkDepartment of Interventional Cardiology, Helios Klinikum Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany.
Holger ThieleDepartment of Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig at University Leipzig and Leipzig Heart Institute, Leipzig, Germany.
Christian FrerkerII. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany.
Alexander LautenDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) Berlin Site, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200, Berlin, Germany.
Goethe University Frankfurt · DEHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DEGerman Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · DEHeart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia · DELeipzig Heart Institute · DERobert Bosch Hospital · DESana Klinikum Offenbach · DESt.-Johannes-Hospital Dortmund · DEUniversitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg-Bad Krozingen · DEUniversity Hospital Schleswig-Holstein · DEUniversity of Lübeck · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPatients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) frequently presented mitral regurgitation (MR), which may interfere with the standard echocardiographic measurements of mean pressure gradient (MPG), flow velocity, and aortic valve area (AVA).

aimsHerein we investigated the prevalence and severity of MR in patients with severe AS and its role on the accuracy of the standard echocardiographic parameters of AS quantification.

methodsOf all patients with severe AS undergoing transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement enrolled in the German Aortic Registry from 2011 to 2017, 119,641 were included in this study. The population was divided based on the values of left ventricular ejection fraction ([LVEF] > 50%, LVEF 31-50%, and LVEF ≤ 30%] and AVA (0.80 to ≤ 1.00 cm

resultsOverall, 77,890 (65%) patients with mild to-moderate and 4262 (4%) with severe MR were compared with 37,489 (31%) patients without MR. Patients with mild-to-moderate and severe MR presented significantly lower mPG (ΔmPG [95%CI] - 1.694 mmHg [- 2.123 to - 1.265], p < 0.0001 and - 6.954 mmHg [- 7.725 to - 6.183], p < 0.0001, respectively), that increased with LVEF impairment. Conversely, AVA did not differ (severe versus no MR: ΔAVA [95%CI]: - 0.007cm

conclusionsIn patients with severe AS, concomitant MR is common, contributes to the onset of a low-gradient AS pattern, and affects the diagnostic accuracy of flow-dependent AVA measurements. In this setting, a multimodality, AVA-centric approach should be implemented. In patients with severe aortic stenosis, concomitant mitral regurgitation contributes to the onset of a low-gradient pattern, warranting a multimodality, and AVA-centric diagnostic approach.

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Aortic Valve StenosisMitral Valve InsufficiencyAortic ValveHumansRegistriesRetrospective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexStroke VolumeVentricular Function, LeftAortic stenosisMitral regurgitationMSCTParavalvular leakTAVITransthoracic echocardiogram

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