PMID- 32553252 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210114 LR - 20210203 IS - 1558-3597 (Electronic) IS - 0735-1097 (Linking) VI - 75 IP - 24 DP - 2020 Jun 23 TI - Subclinical Leaflet Thrombosis in Transcatheter and Surgical Bioprosthetic Valves: PARTNER 3 Cardiac Computed Tomography Substudy. PG - 3003-3015 LID - S0735-1097(20)35090-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.04.043 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Subclinical leaflet thrombosis, characterized by hypoattenuated leaflet thickening (HALT) and reduced leaflet motion observed on 4-dimensional computed tomography (CT), may represent a form of bioprosthetic valve dysfunction. OBJECTIVES: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration mandated CT studies to understand the natural history of this finding, differences between transcatheter and surgical valves, and its association with valve hemodynamics and clinical outcomes. METHODS: The PARTNER 3 (The Safety and Effectiveness of the SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve in Low-Risk Patients With Aortic Stenosis) CT substudy randomized 435 patients with low-surgical-risk aortic stenosis to undergo transcatheter aortic valve replacement (n = 221) or surgery (n = 214). Serial 4-dimensional CTs were performed at 30 days and 1 year and were analyzed independently by a core laboratory. RESULTS: The incidence of HALT increased from 10% at 30 days to 24% at 1 year. Spontaneous resolution of 30-day HALT occurred in 54% of patients at 1 year, whereas new HALT appeared in 21% of patients at 1 year. HALT was more frequent in transcatheter versus surgical valves at 30 days (13% vs. 5%; p = 0.03), but not at 1 year (28% vs. 20%; p = 0.19). The presence of HALT did not significantly affect aortic valve mean gradients at 30 days or 1 year. Patients with HALT at both 30 days and 1 year, compared with those with no HALT at 30 days and 1 year, had significantly increased aortic valve gradients at 1 year (17.8 +/- 2.2 mm Hg vs. 12.7. +/- 0.3 mm Hg; p = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS: Subclinical leaflet thrombosis was more frequent in transcatheter compared with surgical valves at 30 days, but not at 1 year. The impact of HALT on thromboembolic complications and structural valve degeneration needs further assessment. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Makkar, Raj R AU - Makkar RR AD - Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: Raj.Makkar@cshs.org. FAU - Blanke, Philipp AU - Blanke P AD - St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. FAU - Leipsic, Jonathon AU - Leipsic J AD - St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. FAU - Thourani, Vinod AU - Thourani V AD - Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta, Georgia. FAU - Chakravarty, Tarun AU - Chakravarty T AD - Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. FAU - Brown, David AU - Brown D AD - Baylor Scott and White Healthcare, Plano, Texas. FAU - Trento, Alfredo AU - Trento A AD - Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. FAU - Guyton, Robert AU - Guyton R AD - Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. FAU - Babaliaros, Vasilis AU - Babaliaros V AD - Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. FAU - Williams, Mathew AU - Williams M AD - New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York. FAU - Jilaihawi, Hasan AU - Jilaihawi H AD - New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York. FAU - Kodali, Susheel AU - Kodali S AD - Columbia University Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York. FAU - George, Isaac AU - George I AD - Columbia University Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York. FAU - Lu, Michael AU - Lu M AD - Department of Biostatistics, Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, California. FAU - McCabe, James M AU - McCabe JM AD - University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. FAU - Friedman, John AU - Friedman J AD - Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. FAU - Smalling, Richard AU - Smalling R AD - The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas. FAU - Wong, Shing Chiu AU - Wong SC AD - Cornell University New York, New York, New York. FAU - Yazdani, Shahram AU - Yazdani S AD - Inova Heart and Vascular Institute (Fairfax Inova), Falls Church, Virginia. FAU - Bhatt, Deepak L AU - Bhatt DL AD - Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. FAU - Bax, Jeroen AU - Bax J AD - Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands. FAU - Kapadia, Samir AU - Kapadia S AD - Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. FAU - Herrmann, Howard C AU - Herrmann HC AD - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. FAU - Mack, Michael AU - Mack M AD - Baylor Scott and White Healthcare, Plano, Texas. FAU - Leon, Martin B AU - Leon MB AD - Columbia University Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York. LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Multicenter Study PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Am Coll Cardiol JT - Journal of the American College of Cardiology JID - 8301365 SB - IM CIN - J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Jun 23;75(24):3016-3019. PMID: 32553253 CIN - J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Oct 20;76(16):1913-1914. PMID: 32805350 MH - Aged MH - Aortic Valve Stenosis/*surgery MH - Bioprosthesis/*adverse effects MH - Canada/epidemiology MH - Female MH - Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography MH - Heart Valve Prosthesis/*adverse effects MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Postoperative Complications/diagnostic imaging/*epidemiology/etiology MH - Thrombosis/diagnostic imaging/*epidemiology/etiology MH - Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement/*adverse effects/mortality MH - United States/epidemiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - hypoattenuated leaflet thickening OT - leaflet thrombosis OT - reduced leaflet motion OT - subclinical leaflet thrombosis EDAT- 2020/06/20 06:00 MHDA- 2021/01/15 06:00 CRDT- 2020/06/20 06:00 PHST- 2020/03/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/04/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/06/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/06/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/01/15 06:00 [medline] AID - S0735-1097(20)35090-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.04.043 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Jun 23;75(24):3003-3015. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.04.043.