Clinical Study

Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair in Surgical High-Risk Patients: Gender-Specific Acute and Long-Term Outcomes

Table 3

Postprocedural outcome, clinical variables.

BaselineDischarge12 months24 months
Men ()Women () valueMen ()Women () valueMen ()Women () valueMen ()Women () value

Clinical phenotype
NYHA class No. (%)0.440.950.440.13
 I0 (0)0 (0)4 (3.0)3 (4.0)1.017 (9.7)12 (9.8)1.018 (13.7)6 (7.0)0.18
 II 13 (3.6)12 (5.3)0.4471 (53.4)42 (56.0)0.8393 (53.1)59 (48.4)0.4962 (47.3)40 (46.5)1.0
 III 243 (67.9)160 (70.8)0.5154 (40.6)28 (37.3)0.7556 (32.0)48 (39.3)0.2441 (31.3)37 (43.0)0.11
 IV 101 (28.2)54 (23.9)0.294 (3.0)2 (2.7)1.09 (5.1)3 (2.5)0.3910 (7.6)3 (3.5)0.33
MLHFQ score 40.0 (27.0–52.0)42.0 (32.0–51.0)0.1817.0 (15.0–19.0)55.5 (43.8–57.6)0.03631.0 (15.0–48.0)32.0 (11.0–47.0)0.5525.0 (11.0–43.5)35.0 (24.0–44.0)0.07
6MWD (m)215 (79.6–320)149 (50.0–243.8)0.0011300 (210–350)175 (126–300)0.0053345 (180–448)240 (150–315)<0.001355 (180–411)270 (166–400)0.11
Laboratory parameters
NT-proBNP (ng/L) 4262 (1980–8370)3474 (1712–6898)0.494582 (2528–8609)3512 (1896–7084)0.0232933 (1310–5062)2331 (1324–5206)0.792198 (881–4878)2170 (1209–4277)0.88
Troponin T (pg/mL) 35.0 (21.9–53.0)20.0 (12.0–31.0)<0.00159.0 (39.0–89.0)43.0 (28.0–67.3)<0.00127.0 (18.0–36.0)17.0 (10.0–23.0)<0.00124.0 (18.4–33.0)17.0 (12.0–26.3)0.0072
Creatinine (mg/dL) 1.5 (1.2–1.9)1.2 (0.9–1.4)<0.0011.4 (1.1–1.8)1.0 (0.8–1.3)<0.0011.5 (1.2–1.9)1.3 (1.0–1.6)<0.0011.5 (1.2–2.1)1.14 (1.0–1.7)<0.001
GFR (mL/min) 48.0 (36.0–62.6)47.3 (37.3–63.2)0.8153.8 (39.9–70.8)57.1 (42.2–72.7)0.4849.7 (36.3–61.5)41.9 (32.3–56.6)0.07846.4 (32.1–62.3)48.0 (32.0–57.5)0.77
AST (U/L) 26.0 (19.0–34.8)24.5 (18.0–33.0)0.1624.0 (19.0–32.0)22.0 (17.0–28.0)0.01524.0 (19.0–29.0)22.0 (18.0–27.1)0.3123.0 (20.0–29.0)24.5 (19.0–28.1)0.66
ALT (U/L) 21.0 (14.0–31.8)19.0 (12.0–25.0)0.01819.0 (12.0–30.0)16.0 (12.0–24.0)0.03819.0 (14.3–25.0)17.0 (14.0–23.0)0.2522.0 (15.9–29.0)17.5 (13.0–27.1)0.28
gammaGT (U/L) 83.0 (45.3–160.7)50.0 (31.0–100.3)<0.00170.5 (40.0–143.75)49.0 (28.0–98.0)<0.00176.0 (36.2–158.0)34.0 (23.0–68.0)<0.00158.0 (35.0–113.5)33.5 (24.0–69.8)0.0020
C-reactive protein (mg/L) 10.0 (5.0–21.0)7.0 (5.0–13.8)0.01420.0 (12.0–43.0)19.0 (12.0–37.2)0.228.0 (5.0–13.0)5.0 (5.0–12.1)0.226.5 (5.0–13.0)5.0 (5.0–10.3)0.41

MLHFQ = Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire; 6MWD = six-minute walking distance; NYHA = New York Heart Association; NT-proBNP = N-terminal probrain natriuretic peptide; GFR = glomerular filtration rate; AST = aspartate transaminase; ALT = alanine aminotransferase; and gammaGT = gamma glutamyl transferase.