scholarly journals Contemporary Presentation and Management of Valvular Heart Disease

Circulation ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 140 (14) ◽  
pp. 1156-1169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Iung ◽  
Victoria Delgado ◽  
Raphael Rosenhek ◽  
Susanna Price ◽  
Bernard Prendergast ◽  
...  

Background: Valvular heart disease (VHD) is an important cause of mortality and morbidity and has been subject to important changes in management. The VHD II survey was designed by the EURObservational Research Programme of the European Society of Cardiology to analyze actual management of VHD and to compare practice with guidelines. Methods: Patients with severe native VHD or previous valvular intervention were enrolled prospectively across 28 countries over a 3-month period in 2017. Indications for intervention were considered concordant if the intervention was performed or scheduled in symptomatic patients, corresponding to Class I recommendations specified in the 2012 European Society of Cardiology and in the 2014 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology VHD guidelines. Results: A total of 7247 patients (4483 hospitalized, 2764 outpatients) were included in 222 centers. Median age was 71 years (interquartile range, 62–80 years); 1917 patients (26.5%) were ≥80 years; and 3416 were female (47.1%). Severe native VHD was present in 5219 patients (72.0%): aortic stenosis in 2152 (41.2% of native VHD), aortic regurgitation in 279 (5.3%), mitral stenosis in 234 (4.5%), mitral regurgitation in 1114 (21.3%; primary in 746 and secondary in 368), multiple left-sided VHD in 1297 (24.9%), and right-sided VHD in 143 (2.7%). Two thousand twenty-eight patients (28.0%) had undergone previous valvular intervention. Intervention was performed in 37.0% and scheduled in 26.8% of patients with native VHD. The decision for intervention was concordant with Class I recommendations in symptomatic patients with severe single left-sided native VHD in 79.4% (95% CI, 77.1–81.6) for aortic stenosis, 77.6% (95% CI, 69.9–84.0) for aortic regurgitation, 68.5% (95% CI, 60.8–75.4) for mitral stenosis, and 71.0% (95% CI, 66.4–75.3) for primary mitral regurgitation. Valvular interventions were performed in 2150 patients during the survey; of them, 47.8% of patients with single left-sided native VHD were in New York Heart Association class III or IV. Transcatheter procedures were performed in 38.7% of patients with aortic stenosis and 16.7% of those with mitral regurgitation. Conclusions: Despite good concordance between Class I recommendations and practice in patients with aortic VHD, the suboptimal number in mitral VHD and late referral for valvular interventions suggest the need to improve further guideline implementation.

General considerations 144Acute rheumatic fever 146Mitral stenosis: clinical features 150Mitral stenosis: investigations 152Mitral stenosis guidelines 156Mitral regurgitation 158Mitral regurgitation guidelines 161Mitral valve prolapse 162Aortic stenosis 164Management of aortic stenosis 168Aortic regurgitation 170Aortic regurgitation guidelines ...


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam S. Jacob ◽  
Brian P Griffin

Valvular heart disease is an important cause of cardiac morbidity in developed countries despite a decline in the prevalence of rheumatic disease in those countries. This chapter discusses the many etiologies of valvular heart disease and presents methods for assessment and management. Specific valvular lesions discussed include mitral stenosis, mitral regurgitation, mitral valve prolapse, aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, and tricuspid and pulmonary disease. The section on tricuspid disease includes a discussion of mechanical prostheses (ball-in-cage and tilting-disk) and biologic prostheses (xenografts, allografts, and autografts) and their complications.  This review contains 5 figures, 9 tables, and 53 references. Keywords: Valvular heart disease, stenosis, regurgitation, mitral regurgitation, mitral valve prolapse (MVP), aortic stenosis, congenital bicuspid valve, senile valvular calcification, aortic regurgitation, chordae or papillary muscles


Author(s):  
Line Melgaard ◽  
Thure Filskov Overvad ◽  
Martin Jensen ◽  
Gregory Y H Lip ◽  
Torben Bjerregaard Larsen ◽  
...  

Abstract Aims To describe the risks of thromboembolism and major bleeding complications in anticoagulated patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and native aortic or mitral valvular heart disease using data reflecting clinical practice. Methods and results Descriptive cohort study of anticoagulated patients with incident AF and native aortic or mitral valvular heart disease, identified in nationwide Danish registries from 2000 to 2018. A total of 10 043 patients were included, of which 5190 (51.7%) patients had aortic stenosis, 1788 (17.8%) patients had aortic regurgitation, 327 (3.3%) patients had mitral stenosis, and 2738 (27.3%) patients had mitral regurgitation. At 1 year after AF diagnosis, the risk of thromboembolism was 4.6% in patients with mitral stenosis taking a vitamin K antagonist (VKA), and 2.6% in patients with aortic stenosis taking a VKA or non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant (NOAC). For patients with aortic or mitral regurgitation, the risks of thromboembolism ranged between 1.5%-1.8% in both treatment groups. For the endpoint of major bleeding, the risk was ∼5.5% in patients with aortic stenosis or mitral stenosis treated with a VKA, and 3.3–4.0% in patients with aortic or mitral regurgitation. For patients treated with a NOAC, the risk of major bleeding was 3.7% in patients with aortic stenosis and ∼2.5% in patients with aortic or mitral regurgitation. Conclusion When using data reflecting contemporary clinical practice, our observations suggested that 1 year after a diagnosis of AF, anticoagulated patients with aortic or mitral valvular heart disease had dissimilar risk of thromboembolism and major bleeding complications. Specifically, patients with aortic stenosis or mitral stenosis were high-risk subgroups. This observation may guide clinicians regarding intensity of clinical follow-up.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam S. Jacob ◽  
Brian P Griffin

Valvular heart disease is an important cause of cardiac morbidity in developed countries despite a decline in the prevalence of rheumatic disease in those countries. This chapter discusses the many etiologies of valvular heart disease and presents methods for assessment and management. Specific valvular lesions discussed include mitral stenosis, mitral regurgitation, mitral valve prolapse, aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, and tricuspid and pulmonary disease. The section on tricuspid disease includes a discussion of mechanical prostheses (ball-in-cage and tilting-disk) and biologic prostheses (xenografts, allografts, and autografts) and their complications.  This review contains 6 figures, 13 tables, 69 references. Keywords: Valvular heart disease, stenosis, regurgitation, mitral regurgitation, mitral valve prolapse (MVP), aortic stenosis, congenital bicuspid valve, senile valvular calcification, aortic regurgitation, chordae or papillary muscles


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam S. Jacob ◽  
Brian P Griffin

Valvular heart disease is an important cause of cardiac morbidity in developed countries despite a decline in the prevalence of rheumatic disease in those countries. This chapter discusses the many etiologies of valvular heart disease and presents methods for assessment and management. Specific valvular lesions discussed include mitral stenosis, mitral regurgitation, mitral valve prolapse, aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, and tricuspid and pulmonary disease. The section on tricuspid disease includes a discussion of mechanical prostheses (ball-in-cage and tilting-disk) and biologic prostheses (xenografts, allografts, and autografts) and their complications.  This review contains 5 figures, 9 tables, and 53 references. Keywords: Valvular heart disease, stenosis, regurgitation, mitral regurgitation, mitral valve prolapse (MVP), aortic stenosis, congenital bicuspid valve, senile valvular calcification, aortic regurgitation, chordae or papillary muscles


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam S. Jacob ◽  
Brian P Griffin

Valvular heart disease is an important cause of cardiac morbidity in developed countries despite a decline in the prevalence of rheumatic disease in those countries. This chapter discusses the many etiologies of valvular heart disease and presents methods for assessment and management. Specific valvular lesions discussed include mitral stenosis, mitral regurgitation, mitral valve prolapse, aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, and tricuspid and pulmonary disease. The section on tricuspid disease includes a discussion of mechanical prostheses (ball-in-cage and tilting-disk) and biologic prostheses (xenografts, allografts, and autografts) and their complications.  This review contains 6 figures, 13 tables, 69 references. Keywords: Valvular heart disease, stenosis, regurgitation, mitral regurgitation, mitral valve prolapse (MVP), aortic stenosis, congenital bicuspid valve, senile valvular calcification, aortic regurgitation, chordae or papillary muscles


2017 ◽  
Vol 117 (12) ◽  
pp. 2215-2236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Lip ◽  
Jean Collet ◽  
Raffaele de Caterina ◽  
Laurent Fauchier ◽  
Deirdre Lane ◽  
...  

AbstractManagement strategies for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) in association with valvular heart disease (VHD) have been less informed by randomized trials, which have largely focused on ‘non-valvular AF’ patients. Thromboembolic risk also varies according to valve lesion and may also be associated with CHA2DS2-VASc score risk factor components, rather than only the valve disease being causal.Given the need to provide expert recommendations for professionals participating in the care of patients presenting with AF and associated VHD, a task force was convened by the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) and European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Working Group (WG) on Thrombosis, with representation from the ESC WG on Valvular Heart Disease, Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), South African Heart (SA Heart) Association and Sociedad Latinoamericana de Estimulación Cardíaca y Electrofisiología (SOLEACE) with the remit to comprehensively review the published evidence, and to produce a consensus document on the management of patients with AF and associated VHD, with up-to-date consensus statements for clinical practice for different forms of VHD, based on the principles of evidence-based medicine.This is an executive summary of a consensus document which proposes that the term ‘valvular AF’ is outdated and given that any definition ultimately relates to the evaluated practical use of oral anticoagulation (OAC) type, we propose a functional EHRA (Evaluated Heartvalves, Rheumatic or Artificial) categorization in relation to the type of OAC use in patients with AF, as follows: (1) EHRA (Evaluated Heartvalves, Rheumatic or Artificial) type 1 VHD, which refers to AF patients with ‘VHD needing therapy with a vitamin K antagonist (VKA)’ and (2) EHRA (Evaluated Heartvalves, Rheumatic or Artificial) type 2 VHD, which refers to AF patients with ‘VHD needing therapy with a VKA or a non-VKA oral anticoagulant also taking into consideration CHA2DS2-VASc score risk factor components.


2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
C Cortina ◽  
M Sarrion ◽  
L Mora ◽  
V Suberviola ◽  
C Beltran ◽  
...  

Abstract Introduction Data about the epidemiology of valvular heart disease (VHD) is scarce. The increasing aging of the population may cause an augmented prevalence of VHD, with a great number of comorbidities that conveys a higher surgical risk. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of VHD in the patients attended at our institution from 2007 until 2017 and to describe the main characteristics of this population. Methods We used a new tool based on EHRead Technology to extract clinical relevant information from Electronic Health Records, designed for descriptive and predictive big data analysis. All medical reports generated at the outpatient clinic, ER or hospitalization ward were examined. Patients with a diagnosis of moderate or severe VHD were selected. The prevalence of VHD was also estimated in 2 quintiles, from 2008 until Feb 2013 and from March 2013 until Dec 2017. Results The total prevalence of VHD in our population was 1.04% (n=3431). Mitral regurgitation was the most frequent valvular lesion (0.4%, n=1318), followed by aortic stenosis (0.3%, n=967) and aortic regurgitation (0.28%, n=938). There was a clear female predominance (63%), and the median age was 76.4. In the 1st quintile the prevalence of VHD was 0.25%, and increased to 0.79% in the 2nd. This trend was consistent in all type of valvular lesions. The prevalence of comorbidities was higher than in other epidemiological studies (Table). Prevalence of comorbidities Severe MR Severe AS Severe AR Euro Heart Valve Survey Hypertension 54,5% 69,1% 47,9% 49% Dyslipidemia 32,2% 40,6% 27,4% 35% Diabetes Mellitus 28,0% 31,5% 16,4% 15% Smoking (current) 5,6% 5,4% 13,7% 39% Coronary heart disease 12,0% 17,0% 12,3% 13% Stroke 7,0% 8,9% 5,5% 7% Chronic kidney disease 18,9% 16,9% 20,5% 15% Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 11,2% 9,9% 11,0% 15% MR: Mitral regurgitation, AS: aortic stenosis, AR: aortic regurgitation, MS: mitral stenosis. Sex Distribution Conclusions The older age and greater number of comorbidities seen in our series over the past ten years, compared to the Euroheart Valve Survey reinforce the idea that the percutaneous valvular therapies should play a major role in the treatment of patients with VHD. Although, the prevalence of VHD may be underestimated in our population, due to the methodology, it reflects an ever-growing pathology in an older and sicker population.


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