Evaldas Girdauskas1, Mina Rouman2, Kushtrim Disha2, Thorsten Scholle3, Beatrix Fey3, Bernhard Theis4, Iver Petersen4, Michael A Borger5, Thomas Kuntze2. 1. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Central Clinic Bad Berka, Bad Berka, Germany egirdauskas@web.de. 2. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Central Clinic Bad Berka, Bad Berka, Germany. 3. Department of Radiology, Central Clinic Bad Berka, Bad Berka, Germany. 4. Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany. 5. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to analyse the correlation between preoperative systolic transvalvular flow patterns and proximal aortic wall lesions in patients undergoing surgery for bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) stenosis. METHODS: A total of 48 consecutive patients with BAV stenosis (mean age 58 ± 9 years, 65% male) underwent aortic valve replacement (AVR) ± proximal aortic surgery from January 2012 through February 2013. Preoperative cardiac phase-contrast cine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) assessment was performed in all patients in order to detect the area of maximal flow-induced stress in the proximal aorta. Based on these MRI data, two aortic wall samples (i.e. area of the maximal stress (jet sample) and the opposite aortic wall (control sample)) were collected during AVR surgery. Aortic wall changes were graded based on a summation of seven histological criteria (each scored from 0 to 3). Histological sum score (0-21) was separately calculated and compared between the two aortic samples (i.e. jet sample vs control sample). RESULTS: An eccentric transvalvular flow jet hitting the proximal aortic wall could be identified in all 48 (100%) patients. The mean histological sum score was significantly higher in the jet sample vs control sample areas of the aorta (i.e. 4.1 ± 1.8 vs 2.2 ± 1.5, respectively) (P = 0.02). None of the patients had a higher sum score value in the control sample. CONCLUSIONS: Our study demonstrates a strong correlation between the systolic pattern of the transvalvular flow jet and asymmetric proximal aortic wall changes in patients undergoing AVR for BAV stenosis.
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to analyse the correlation between preoperative systolic transvalvular flow patterns and proximal aortic wall lesions in patients undergoing surgery for bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) stenosis. METHODS: A total of 48 consecutive patients with BAV stenosis (mean age 58 ± 9 years, 65% male) underwent aortic valve replacement (AVR) ± proximal aortic surgery from January 2012 through February 2013. Preoperative cardiac phase-contrast cine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) assessment was performed in all patients in order to detect the area of maximal flow-induced stress in the proximal aorta. Based on these MRI data, two aortic wall samples (i.e. area of the maximal stress (jet sample) and the opposite aortic wall (control sample)) were collected during AVR surgery. Aortic wall changes were graded based on a summation of seven histological criteria (each scored from 0 to 3). Histological sum score (0-21) was separately calculated and compared between the two aortic samples (i.e. jet sample vs control sample). RESULTS: An eccentric transvalvular flow jet hitting the proximal aortic wall could be identified in all 48 (100%) patients. The mean histological sum score was significantly higher in the jet sample vs control sample areas of the aorta (i.e. 4.1 ± 1.8 vs 2.2 ± 1.5, respectively) (P = 0.02). None of the patients had a higher sum score value in the control sample. CONCLUSIONS: Our study demonstrates a strong correlation between the systolic pattern of the transvalvular flow jet and asymmetric proximal aortic wall changes in patients undergoing AVR for BAV stenosis.
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