Open AccessPrognostic impact of myocardial contraction fraction in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis
Author(s) -
Francisco Romeo,
Ignacio M. Seropián,
Sameer Arora,
John P. Vavalle,
Mariano Falconi,
Pablo Oberti,
Vadim Kotowicz,
Carla Agatiello,
Daniel Berrocal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.83
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2223-3660
pISSN - 2223-3652
DOI - 10.21037/cdt.2019.05.02
Subject(s) - medicine , ejection fraction , cardiology , confidence interval , stenosis , clinical endpoint , aortic valve stenosis , receiver operating characteristic , body surface area , proportional hazards model , aortic valve replacement , stroke volume , valve replacement , heart failure , clinical trial
Myocardial contraction fraction (MCF), a volumetric measurement of myocardial shortening, may help to improve risk stratification in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) referred for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) especially in those with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). We investigated the association between MCF and 1-year all-cause mortality in patients with severe AS who underwent TAVR.