Objectives:We performed a meta-analysis to determine the outcomes in patients undergoing transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) for mitral regurgitation (MR).Methods: Databases including MEDLINE and EMBASE were searched through April 2018 using Web-based search engines (PubMed and OVID) to identify single-arm observational (case series) studies of TMVR enrolling ≥5 patients with MR. For each study, data regarding observed 30-day mortality and predicted operative mortality (Society of Thoracic Surgeons Predicted Risk of Mortality) were used to generate risk ratios (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Study-specific estimates were combined using the inverse variance-weighted average of logarithmic RRs in the random-effects model. One-group meta-analyses of 30-day and >30-day (including 30-day) mortality were also performed in the random-effects model.
Results:Of 222 potentially relevant articles screened initially, nine eligible studies enrolling a total of 146 patients with MR undergoing TMVR were identified. In all but two studies, STS-PROM was available and varied from 3.3% to 15.4% (arithmetic mean, 7.6%). Pooled analyses demonstrated 30-day mortality of 20.4% (95%CI, 9.6-31.2%), >30-day mortality of 32.0% (95%CI, 19.8-44.2%), and non-significantly higher observed 30-day mortality than predicted operative mortality (RR, 1.70; 95%CI, 0.85-3.42; P = 0.14). There was no evidence of significant publication bias.Conclusion: TMVR for patients with MR results in increased early and late mortality. K E Y W O R D S meta-analysis, mitral regurgitation, mortality, transcatheter mitral valve replacement 1 | INTRODUCTION Available percutaneous options for mitral valve (MV) repair and replacement for high surgical-risk patients are increasing. 1 The shape of the MV is oval and saddle-like, and the annulus is not stiff, which makes it challengeable to implant a prosthesis within the MV. 2 Several biologic self-expanding prostheses haves been currently and clinically developed. 3-10 Although transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for low-to-moderate or moderate-to-high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) is an established therapy, 11,12 transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) for patients with severe symptomatic mitral regurgitation (MR) is still considered to be an evolving less-invasive alternative to open MV surgery (MVS) including repair and replacement. 13 Neither observational comparative studies nor J Card Surg. 2018;33:827-835. wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/jocs © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. | 827randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of TMVR versus conventional MVS has been conducted to date, and results of TMVR are limited to a small number of single-arm observational (case series) studies.We performed a meta-analysis to determine the perioperative and post-discharge mortality following TMVR.
| MATERIALS AND METHODSWe found studies of TMVR enrolling patients with MR by means of the following search strategy: MEDLINE and EMBASE searches were conducted up to April 2018 by use of PubMe...