Research Article
Incidence, Predictors, and Outcome of Paravalvular Leak after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of patients based on the severity of PVL.
| Clinical characteristics | All (n = 256) | ≥mild PVL (n = 75) | <mild PVL (n = 181) | p value |
| Age (year) | 74 ± 6 | 73.68 ± 5.89 | 74.17 ± 6.19 | 0.56 | Female gender | 111 (43.4%) | 29 (38.7%) | 82 (45.3%) | 0.33 | Body mass index | 22.12 ± 3.44 | 21.88 ± 3.30 | 22.35 ± 3.59 | 0.33 | STS SCORE | 8.01 ± 4.4 | 8.1 ± 4.01 | 7.93 ± 4.78 | 0.80 | History of dyspnoea | 230 (89.8%) | 65 (86.7%) | 165 (91.2%) | 0.27 | History of chest pain | 74 (28.9%) | 19 (25.3%) | 55 (30.4%) | 0.42 | History of syncope | 41 (16.4%) | 13 (17.3%) | 28 (15.5%) | 0.71 | Hypertension | 114 (44.5%) | 37 (49.3%) | 77 (42.5%) | 0.32 | Diabetes mellitus | 46 (17.9%) | 15 (20%) | 31 (17.1%) | 0.59 | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 162 (63.2%) | 50 (66.7%) | 112 (61.9%) | 0.47 | Coronary artery disease | 110 (42.9%) | 32 (42.7%) | 78 (43.1%) | 0.95 | Previous myocardial infarction | 5 (1.9%) | 2 (2.7%) | 3 (1.7%) | 0.61 | Peripheral vascular disease | 143 (55.8%) | 35 (46.7%) | 108 (59.7%) | 0.057 | Prior stroke or transient ischemic attack | 34 (13.2%) | 8 (10.7%) | 26 (14.4%) | 0.43 | Chronic kidney disease | 36 (14.0%) | 13 (17.3%) | 23 (12.7%) | 0.33 | Atrial fibrillation | 37 (14.4%) | 9 (12%) | 28 (15.5%) | 0.47 | NYHA | | | | 0.88 | Class I | 1 (0.4%) | 0 | 1 (1.6%) | | Class II | 21 (8.2%) | 6 (8%) | 15 (8.3%) | | Class III | 113 (44.1%) | 35 (46.7%) | 78 (43.1%) | | Class IV | 121 (47.2%) | 34 (45.3%) | 87 (48.1%) | | NYHA III/IV | 234 (91.4%) | 69 (92%) | 165 (91.2%) | 0.82 | Echocardiographic factors | | | | | Left ventricular ejection fraction (%) | 54.7 ± 15 | 52.93 ± 14.98 | 56.48 ± 15.12 | 0.088 | Aortic valve peak velocity (m/s) | 5 ± 0.73 | 5.15 ± 0.75 | 4.94 ± 0.71 | 0.035 | Aortic valve mean pressure gradient (mm Hg) | 64.32 ± 19.3 | 66.56 ± 20.57 | 62.08 ± 17.97 | 0.084 | Aortic regurgitation (moderate to severe) | 60 (23.4%) | 24 (26.3%) | 36 (19.9%) | 0.19 | Mitral regurgitation (moderate to severe) | 43 (16.8%) | 17 (19.5%) | 26 (16%) | 0.42 |
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Data are presented as mean ± SD or percentages. NYHA: New York Heart Association; STS score: Society of Thoracic Surgeon score.
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