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ABSTRACT: Introduction
Kidney dysfunction is common in patients with aortic stenosis (AS) and correction of the aortic valve by transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) often affects kidney function. This may be due to microcirculatory changes.Methods
We evaluated skin microcirculation with a hyperspectral imaging (HSI) system, and compared tissue oxygenation (StO2), near-infrared perfusion index (NIR), tissue hemoglobin index (THI) and tissue water index (TWI) in 40 patients undergoing TAVI versus 20 control patients. HSI parameters were measured before TAVI (t1), directly after TAVI (t2), and on postinterventional day 3 (t3). The primary outcome was the correlation of tissue oxygenation (StO2) to the creatinine level after TAVI.Results
We performed 116 HSI image recordings in patients undergoing TAVI for the treatment of severe aortic stenosis and 20 HSI image recordings in control patients. Patients with AS had a lower THI at the palm (p = 0.034) and a higher TWI at the fingertips (p = 0.003) in comparison to control patients. TAVI led to an increase of TWI, but had no uniform enduring effect on StO2 and THI. Tissue oxygenation StO2 at both measurement sites correlated negatively with creatinine levels after TAVI at t2 (palm: ρ = -0.415; p = 0.009; fingertip: ρ = -0.519; p < 0.001) and t3 (palm: ρ = -0.427; p = 0.008; fingertip: ρ = -0.398; p = 0.013). Patients with higher THI at t3 reported higher physical capacity and general health scores 120 days after TAVI.Conclusion
HSI is a promising technique for periinterventional monitoring of tissue oxygenation and microcirculatory perfusion quality, which are related to kidney function, physical capacity, and clinical outcomes after TAVI.Clinical trial registration
https://drks.de/search/de/trial, identifier DRKS00024765.
SUBMITTER: Dietrich M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9971913 | biostudies-literature | 2023
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dietrich Maximilian M Antonovici Ana A Hölle Tobias T Nusshag Christian C Kapp Anne-Christine AC Studier-Fischer Alexander A Arif Rawa R Nickel Felix F Weigand Markus Alexander MA Frey Norbert N Lichtenstern Christoph C Leuschner Florian F Fischer Dania D
Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine 20230214
<h4>Introduction</h4>Kidney dysfunction is common in patients with aortic stenosis (AS) and correction of the aortic valve by transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) often affects kidney function. This may be due to microcirculatory changes.<h4>Methods</h4>We evaluated skin microcirculation with a hyperspectral imaging (HSI) system, and compared tissue oxygenation (StO<sub>2</sub>), near-infrared perfusion index (NIR), tissue hemoglobin index (THI) and tissue water index (TWI) in 40 patie ...[more]