PAR was prospectively evaluated by echocardiography before discharge in 110 patients. The RAI was calculated according to the formula: RAI聽=聽[(Post-TAVI BP amplitude)/(Post-TAVI SBP) 鈭?(Pre-TAVI BP amplitude)/(Pre-TAVI SBP)]聽脳聽100%, where BP is blood pressure and SBP is systolic blood pressure. Correlations of increased RAI with perioperative outcome were investigated and factors influencing mortality were isolated.
The incidence of moderate and severe PAR after TAVI was 9% and 1%, respectively. Diastolic pressure or post-TAVI amplitude did not correlate to perioperative outcome. RAI increased from 2 when PAR was <2+ to 7 when PAR was 鈮?+ (P聽=聽.006). A cut-off value of RAI 鈮?4 was associated with increased perioperative mortality (29 vs 5%; P聽=聽.013) and acute renal injury requiring dialysis (71 vs 18%; P聽=聽.001). RAI 鈮?4 was also associated with higher follow-up mortality at 1 year (57 vs 16%; P聽=聽.007). RAI 鈮?4 (odds ratio [OR], 3.390; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.6-7.194; P聽=聽.00146), PAR 鈮?+ (OR, 4.717; 95% CI, 1.828-12.195; P聽=聽.00135), and perioperative renal replacement therapy (OR, 12.820; 95% CI, 5.181-31.250; P聽=聽.00031) were found to be independent predictors of mortality at 1 year.
The RAI is a useful tool to predict perioperative and 1-year outcome in patients with PAR after TAVI.