Effect of Institutional Experience on Outcomes of Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy

Josef Veselka; Lothar Faber; Morten Kvistholm Jensen; Robert Cooper; Jaroslav Januska; Jan Krejci; Thomas Bartel; Maciej Dabrowski; Peter Riis Hansen; Vibeke Marie Almaas; Hubert Seggewiss; Dieter Horstkotte; Radka Adlova; Henning Bundgaard; Jurriën Ten Berg; Max Liebregts

doi:10.1016/j.cjca.2017.10.020

Effect of Institutional Experience on Outcomes of Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy

Josef Veselka, Lothar Faber, Morten Kvistholm Jensen, Robert Cooper, Jaroslav Januska, Jan Krejci, Thomas Bartel, Maciej Dabrowski, Peter Riis Hansen, Vibeke Marie Almaas, Hubert Seggewiss, Dieter Horstkotte, Radka Adlova, Henning Bundgaard, Jurriën Ten Berg, Max Liebregts

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Background The current American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association guidelines on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy state that institutional experience is a key determinant of successful outcomes and lower complication rates of alcohol septal ablation (ASA). The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of ASA according to institutional experience with the procedure. Methods We retrospectively evaluated 1310 patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who underwent ASA and were divided into 2 groups. The first-50 group consisted of the first consecutive 50 patients treated at each centre, and the over-50 group consisted of patients treated thereafter (patients 51 and above). Results In the 30-day follow-up, there was a significant difference in the occurrence of major cardiovascular adverse events (21% in the first-50 group vs 12% in the over-50 group; P < 0.01), which was driven by the occurrence of cardiovascular deaths (2.1% vs 0.4%; P = 0.01) and implanted pacemakers (15% vs 9%; P < 0.01). In the long-term follow-up (5.5 ± 4.1 years), the first-50 group was associated with a significantly higher occurrence of major adverse events (P < 0.01) and higher cardiovascular mortality (P < 0.01). Also, patients in the first-50 group were more likely to self-report dyspnea of New York Heart Association class III/IV (16% vs 10%), to have a left ventricular outflow gradient > 30 mm Hg (16% vs 10%) at the last clinical check-up (P < 0.01 for both), and a probability of repeated septal reduction therapy (P = 0.03). Conclusions An institutional experience of > 50 ASA procedures was associated with a lower occurrence of ASA complications, better cardiovascular survival, better hemodynamic and clinical effect, and less need for repeated septal reduction therapy.

Original language	English
Journal	Canadian Journal of Cardiology
Volume	34
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	16-22
Number of pages	7
ISSN	0828-282X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2017.10.020
Publication status	Published - Jan 2018

Keywords

Ablation Techniques/adverse effects
Age Factors
Cardiac Output, Low
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic/mortality
Cardiovascular Diseases/mortality
Dyspnea/etiology
Electric Countershock/statistics & numerical data
Ethanol/administration & dosage
Europe/epidemiology
Female
Heart Rate
Heart Septum/surgery
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pacemaker, Artificial/statistics & numerical data
Registries
Retreatment
Retrospective Studies
Stroke Volume

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Veselka, J., Faber, L., Jensen, M. K., Cooper, R., Januska, J., Krejci, J., Bartel, T., Dabrowski, M., Hansen, P. R., Almaas, V. M., Seggewiss, H., Horstkotte, D., Adlova, R., Bundgaard, H., Ten Berg, J., & Liebregts, M. (2018). Effect of Institutional Experience on Outcomes of Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 34(1), 16-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2017.10.020

Veselka, J, Faber, L, Jensen, MK, Cooper, R, Januska, J, Krejci, J, Bartel, T, Dabrowski, M, Hansen, PR, Almaas, VM, Seggewiss, H, Horstkotte, D, Adlova, R, Bundgaard, H, Ten Berg, J & Liebregts, M 2018, 'Effect of Institutional Experience on Outcomes of Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy', Canadian Journal of Cardiology, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 16-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2017.10.020

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Effect of Institutional Experience on Outcomes of Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy

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