Coronary flow reserve and myocardial resistance reserve changes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation in aortic stenosis

A Gutiérrez-Barrios, D Cañadas-Pruaño… - The American Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
A Gutiérrez-Barrios, D Cañadas-Pruaño, LM Alfaro, L Gheorghe, E Silva, I Noval-Morillas…
The American Journal of Cardiology, 2024Elsevier
Highlights•Aortic stenosis led to coronary microvasculature dysfunction.•Continuous
thermodilution is a direct method that permits quantification of coronary flow and
resistance.•Coronary flow reserve and microvascular resistance reserve can be obtained by
this technique.•Coronary flow reserve and microvascular resistance reserve are impaired in
aortic stenosis and partially restored after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.Aortic valve
stenosis (AS) induces an alteration in hemodynamic conditions that are responsible for …
Highlights
  • Aortic stenosis led to coronary microvasculature dysfunction.
  • Continuous thermodilution is a direct method that permits quantification of coronary flow and resistance.
  • Coronary flow reserve and microvascular resistance reserve can be obtained by this technique.
  • Coronary flow reserve and microvascular resistance reserve are impaired in aortic stenosis and partially restored after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
Aortic valve stenosis (AS) induces an alteration in hemodynamic conditions that are responsible for coronary microvasculature impairment. Relief of AS by transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is expected to improve the coronary artery hemodynamic. We aimed to assess the midterm effects of TAVI in coronary flow reserve (CFR) and myocardial resistance reserve (MRR) by a continuous intracoronary thermodilution technique. At-rest and hyperemic coronary flow was measured by a continuous thermodilution technique in 23 patients with AS and compared with that in 17 matched controls, and repeated 6±3 months after TAVI in 11 of the patients with AS. In patients with AS, absolute coronary flow at rest was significantly greater, and absolute resistance at rest was significantly less, than in controls (p< 0.01 for both), causing less CFR and MRR (1.73±0.4 vs 2.85±1.1, p< 0.01 and 1.95±0.4 vs 3.22±1.4, p< 0.01, respectively). TAVI implantation yielded a significant 35% increase in CFR (p> 0.01) and a 39% increase in MRR (p< 0.01) driven by absolute coronary flow at rest reduction (p= 0.03). In patients with AS, CFR and MRR determined by continuous thermodilution are significantly impaired. At 6-month follow-up, TAVI improves these indexes and partially relieves the pathophysiologic alterations, leading to a partial restoration of CFR and MRR.
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