Mustafa Mousa Basha, Baravan Al-Kassou, Marcel Weber, Thomas Beiert, Farhad Bakhtiary, Sebastian Zimmer, Georg Nickenig, Philip Roger Goody, Jasmin Shamekhi
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Abstract
Background: Sex-related differences play a pivotal role in disease manifestation and outcome in patients with cardiovascular disease, including aortic valve stenosis (AS). However, data regarding sex-related hormonal differences in AS patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is lacking.
Objectives: We aimed to assess sex-related hormonal variances in patients with severe symptomatic AS and to evaluate the impact of these hormonal differences on the clinical outcomes after TAVR.
Methods: In a total of 361 TAVR patients, we assessed the hormonal status, including cortisol, parathormone (PTH), insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAs), estradiol, progesterone and testosterone prior to TAVR. We compared baseline characteristics and outcome data according to sex and hormonal parameters. The primary endpoint was 1-year all-cause mortality according to sex; secondary endpoints included the risk of 1-year all-cause mortality in conjunction with hormone levels, with pre-specified cut-off values.
Results: Rates of 1-year all-cause mortality were comparable between the sexes (p = 0.285). Cox regression analysis revealed significant associations between 1-year mortality and levels of cortisol (HR 2.30; p = 0.007), PTH (HR 2.09; p = 0.019), DHEA-S (HR 0.47; p = 0.016), and IGF-1 (HR 0.42; p = 0.004) in the overall cohort. Elevated cortisol levels (p = 0.011), decreased DHEA-S levels (p = 0.007), and lower IGF-1 levels (p = 0.017) were significantly associated with higher rates of 1-year all-cause mortality in males. Conversely, higher PTH levels were significantly associated with an increased risk of 1-year mortality in females (p = 0.012).
Conclusion: Sex-specific hormonal differences significantly impact the prognosis of severe AS patients undergoing TAVR. Elevated cortisol levels and decreased DHEA-S and IGF-1 levels in males, as well as higher levels of PTH in females, were associated with an increased mortality risk.
期刊介绍:
Clinical Research in Cardiology is an international journal for clinical cardiovascular research. It provides a forum for original and review articles as well as critical perspective articles. Articles are only accepted if they meet stringent scientific standards and have undergone peer review. The journal regularly receives articles from the field of clinical cardiology, angiology, as well as heart and vascular surgery.
As the official journal of the German Cardiac Society, it gives a current and competent survey on the diagnosis and therapy of heart and vascular diseases.