Cardiac Damage Staging in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Incremental Value of Global Longitudinal Strain and Right Ventricular-Arterial Coupling

Cardiac Damage Staging Predicts Outcomes in Aortic Valve Stenosis After Aortic Valve Replacement

“…Second, despite the data supporting further echocardiographic (global longitudinal strain, stroke volume index) and biochemical markers (such as B-type natriuretic peptide, albumin) incorporated in the modified versions of the initial cardiac damage staging classification, such risk markers were not used across all the included studies, limiting a pooled analysis of such variables. 9 , 11 , 12 , 52 , 53 Third, interval classification of cardiac damage staging during follow-up was not present in the majority of the included studies. Hence, we could not identify if the patients’ corresponding cardiac damage stage improved or worsened over follow-up.…”