AHA/ACC Guideline for Aortic valve replacement
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1],Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D. [2]Tarek Nafee, M.D. [3]
Overview
AHA/ACC developed a guideline regarding timing and type of procedure for aortic valve replacement in 2014.
2014 AHA/ACC guideline
Timing of Intervention
| Class I |
| "1. AVR is recommended with severe high-gradient AS who have symptoms by history or on exercise testing (stage D1)(Level of Evidence: B)" |
| "2. AVR is recommended for asymptomatic patients with severe AS (stage C2)and LVEF <50% (Level of Evidence: B)" |
| "3. AVR is indicated for patients with severe AS (stage C or D) when undergoing other cardiac surgery (Level of Evidence: B)" |
| Class IIa |
| "1. AVR is reasonable for asymptomatic patients with very severe AS (stage C1, aortic velocity ≥5.0 m/s) and low surgical risk (Level of Evidence: B)" |
| "2. AVR is reasonable in asymptomatic patients (stage C1) with severe AS and decreased exercise tolerance or an exercise fall in BP (Level of Evidence: B)" |
| "3. AVR is reasonable in symptomatic patients with low-flow/low-gradient severe AS with reduced LVEF (stage D2) with a low-dose dobutamine stress study that shows an aortic velocity ≥ 4.0 m/s (or mean pressure gradient ≥ 40 mm Hg) with a valve area ≤ 1.0 cm2 at any dobutamine dose (Level of Evidence: B)" |
| "4. AVR is reasonable in symptomatic patients who have low-flow/low-gradient severe AS (stage D3) who are normotensive and have an LVEF ≥50% if clinical, hemodynamic, and anatomic data support valve obstruction as the most likely cause of symptoms (Level of Evidence: C)" |
| "5. AVR is reasonable for patients with moderate AS (stage B) (aortic velocity 3.0–3.9 m/s) who are undergoing other cardiac surgery (Level of Evidence: C)" |
| Class IIb |
| "1. AVR may be considered for asymptomatic patients with severe AS (stage C1) and rapid disease progression and low surgical risk (Level of Evidence: C)" |
Choice of Surgical or Transcatheter Intervention
| Class I |
| "1. Surgical AVR is recommended in patients who meet an indication for AVR with low or intermediate surgical risk. (Level of Evidence: A)" |
| "2. For patients in whom [TAVR or high-risk surgical AVR is being considered, members of a Heart Valve Team should collaborate to provide optimal patient care (Level of Evidence: C)" |
| "3. TAVR is recommended in patients who meet an indication for AVR for AS who have a prohibitive surgical risk and a predicted post-TAVR survival >12 months (Level of Evidence: B)" |
| Class IIa |
| "1. TAVR is a reasonable alternative to surgical AVR in patients who meet an indication for AVR and who have high surgical risk (Level of Evidence: B)" |
| Class IIb |
| "1. Percutaneous aortic balloon dilation may be considered as a bridge to surgical or transcatheter AVR in severely symptomatic patients with severe AS. (Level of Evidence: C)" |
| Class III |
| "1. TAVR is not recommended in patients in whom existing comorbidities would preclude the expected benefit from correction of AS. (Level of Evidence: B)" |