Predictive factors of early mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: individual risk assessment using a simple score

Abstract

Objective Decision making for intervention in symptomatic aortic stenosis should balance the risks of surgery and of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). We identified the factors associated with early mortality after TAVI and aimed to develop and validate a simple risk score. Methods A population of 3833 consecutive patients was randomly split into two cohorts comprising 2552 and 1281 patients, used respectively to develop and validate a scoring system predicting 30-day or in-hospital mortality. Results TAVI was performed using the Edwards Sapien prosthesis in 2551 (66.8%) patients and the Medtronic Corevalve in 1270 (33.2%). Approach was transfemoral in 2801 (73.4%) patients, transapical in 678 (17.8%), subclavian in 219 (5.7%) and other in 117 (3.1%). Early mortality was 10.0% (382 patients). A multivariate logistic model identified the following predictive factors of early mortality: age ≥90 years, body mass index <30 Kg/m 2 , New York Heart Association class IV, pulmonary hypertension, critical haemodynamic state, ≥2 pulmonary oedemas during the last year, respiratory insufficiency, dialysis and transapical or other (transaortic and transcarotid) approaches. A 21-point predictive score was derived. C-index was 0.67 for the score in the development cohort and 0.59 in the validation cohort. There was a good concordance between predicted and observed 30-day mortality rates in the development and validation cohorts. Conclusions Early mortality after TAVI is mainly related to age, the severity of symptoms, comorbidities and transapical approach. A simple score can be used to predict early mortality after TAVI. The moderate discrimination is however a limitation for the accurate identification of high-risk patients.

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Affiliated Institutions

• Délégation Paris 7 FR
• Université Paris Cité FR
• Hôpital Pontchaillou FR
• Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris FR
• Inserm FR
• Hôpital Privé Jacques Cartier FR
• Hôpital Dupuytren FR
• Sorbonne Université FR
• Hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard FR
• Université Paris-Est Créteil FR
• Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital FR
• Université de Rouen Normandie FR
• Clinique Pasteur FR
• Hôpital Maison Blanche FR
• Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 FR
• Hôpital Charles-Nicolle FR
• Lille’s Cardiology Hospital FR
• Sorbonne Paris Cité FR

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