TY - JOUR
T1 - The Impact of Transfusions on Mortality After Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement
AU - Mumtaz, Mubashir
AU - Wyler von Ballmoos, Moritz C.
AU - Deeb, G. Michael
AU - Popma, Jeffrey J.
AU - Van Mieghem, Nicolas M.
AU - Kleiman, Neal S.
AU - Gleason, Thomas G.
AU - Chawla, Atul
AU - Hockmuth, David
AU - Zorn, George L.
AU - Tadros, Peter
AU - Li, Shuzhen
AU - Reardon, Michael J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by Medtronic (Minneapolis, MN). The authors wish to acknowledge Colleen Gilbert, PharmD, an employee of Medtronic, PLC, who drafted the methods section, created all tables and figures, and ensured the technical accuracy of the material presented.
Funding Information:
This research was funded by Medtronic (Minneapolis, MN). The authors wish to acknowledge Colleen Gilbert, PharmD, an employee of Medtronic, PLC, who drafted the methods section, created all tables and figures, and ensured the technical accuracy of the material presented.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - Background: An increasing body of evidence suggests that packed red blood cell (PRBC) transfusion may be associated with increased morbidity and mortality after transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement. It remains unclear whether PRBC transfusion is a surrogate marker or truly an independent risk factor for mortality after aortic valve replacement in different populations. Methods: The Surgical Replacement and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (SURTAVI) trial randomized 1660 patients with symptomatic, severe aortic stenosis at intermediate risk for operative death to transcatheter aortic valve replacement or surgical aortic valve replacement. Baseline characteristics and outcomes including all-cause and cardiovascular mortality at 30 days and thereafter were compared between participants with and participants without PRBC transfusion. Cox proportional hazards models with time-varying covariates were fitted to estimate the effect of PRBC transfusion on mortality after adjustment for comorbidities and procedural complications. Results: Patients receiving PRBC were older, more commonly female and frail, with more comorbidities. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Predicted Risk of Mortality baseline score was higher in the transfused group. After adjustment for these differences, PRBC transfusion was associated with mortality at 30 days, but not thereafter. The effect of PRBC on mortality (hazard ratio 1.04; 95% confidence interval, 0.96 to 1.11; P = .304) at 30 days was not independent of procedural complications (hazard ratio 21.04; 95% CI, 7.26 to 60.95; P < .001). Conclusions: Poor health status, procedural complications, PRBC transfusion, and mortality are correlated with each other. Transfusion of PRBC did not independently increase risk for mortality. In this intermediate-risk population, transfusion appears to be a risk marker of chronic conditions and periprocedural complications as opposed to a risk factor for postprocedural mortality. (Clinical trial registration: www.clinicaltrials.gov NCT01586910.)
AB - Background: An increasing body of evidence suggests that packed red blood cell (PRBC) transfusion may be associated with increased morbidity and mortality after transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement. It remains unclear whether PRBC transfusion is a surrogate marker or truly an independent risk factor for mortality after aortic valve replacement in different populations. Methods: The Surgical Replacement and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (SURTAVI) trial randomized 1660 patients with symptomatic, severe aortic stenosis at intermediate risk for operative death to transcatheter aortic valve replacement or surgical aortic valve replacement. Baseline characteristics and outcomes including all-cause and cardiovascular mortality at 30 days and thereafter were compared between participants with and participants without PRBC transfusion. Cox proportional hazards models with time-varying covariates were fitted to estimate the effect of PRBC transfusion on mortality after adjustment for comorbidities and procedural complications. Results: Patients receiving PRBC were older, more commonly female and frail, with more comorbidities. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Predicted Risk of Mortality baseline score was higher in the transfused group. After adjustment for these differences, PRBC transfusion was associated with mortality at 30 days, but not thereafter. The effect of PRBC on mortality (hazard ratio 1.04; 95% confidence interval, 0.96 to 1.11; P = .304) at 30 days was not independent of procedural complications (hazard ratio 21.04; 95% CI, 7.26 to 60.95; P < .001). Conclusions: Poor health status, procedural complications, PRBC transfusion, and mortality are correlated with each other. Transfusion of PRBC did not independently increase risk for mortality. In this intermediate-risk population, transfusion appears to be a risk marker of chronic conditions and periprocedural complications as opposed to a risk factor for postprocedural mortality. (Clinical trial registration: www.clinicaltrials.gov NCT01586910.)
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.09.031
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.09.031
M3 - Article
C2 - 33217396
AN - SCOPUS:85107675997
VL - 112
SP - 778
EP - 785
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
SN - 0003-4975
IS - 3
ER -