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Background: Data on the prognostic factors after mitral valve (MV) transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER; MV-TEER) are limited. Pulsed-wave Doppler interrogation of pulmonary vein flow (PVF) is a convenient method to assess the hemodynamic burden of residual mitral regurgitation (MR), which could be of utility as a predictor of outcomes.
Methods: Patients that underwent MV-TEER between May 2014 and December 2021 at our institution were evaluated. Pulmonary vein flow patterns post-MV-TEER were reviewed on the procedural transesophageal echocardiogram and classified as normal (systolic dominant or codominant) or abnormal (systolic blunting or reversal). The PVF pattern was correlated with all-cause mortality at follow-up.
Results: Two-hundred sixty-five patients had diagnostic PVF post-MV-TEER, with 73 (27.5%) categorized as normal and 192 (72.5%) categorized as abnormal. Patients with abnormal PVF morphology were more likely to have atrial fibrillation (70% vs 42%, P < .001) and greater than moderate residual MR (16% vs 3%, P = .01) and had higher mean left atrial pressure (18.1 ± 5.0 vs 15.9 ± 4.2 mm Hg, P = .002) and left atrial V wave (26.6 ± 8.5 vs 21.4 ± 7.3 mm Hg, P < .001) postprocedure. In multivariable analysis, abnormal PVF morphology post-MV-TEER was independently associated with mortality at follow-up (hazard ratio = 1.70; 95% CI, 1.06-2.74; P = .03) after correction for end-stage renal disease, atrial fibrillation, and residual MR. Results were similar in subgroups of patients with moderate or less and those with mild or less residual MR.
Conclusions: Pulmonary vein flow morphology is a simple and objective tool to assess MR severity immediately post-MV-TEER and offers important prognostic information to optimize procedural results. Additional studies are needed to determine whether patients with abnormal PVF pattern post-MV-TEER would benefit from more intensive goal-directed medical therapy postprocedure.
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