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Arterial hypertension and elevated diastolic blood pressure is associated with developing aortic stenosis requiring surgery in persons less than 60 years of age
Umeå universitet, Medicinska fakulteten, Institutionen för folkhälsa och klinisk medicin.ORCID-id: 0000-0002-3002-4877
Umeå universitet, Medicinska fakulteten, Institutionen för folkhälsa och klinisk medicin.
Umeå universitet, Medicinska fakulteten, Institutionen för kirurgisk och perioperativ vetenskap.
Umeå universitet, Medicinska fakulteten, Institutionen för folkhälsa och klinisk medicin.
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(engelsk)Manuskript (preprint) (Annet vitenskapelig)
Abstract [en]

Background:  Due to age-related differences in aortic valve structure, it is likely that the pathophysiology of aortic stenosis and associated risk factors differ between age groups. Here we prospectively studied the influence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors on aortic stenosis development among patients without concomitant coronary artery disease, and stratified for age. 

Methods: This study included 131 patients from previous population-based surveys, who underwent surgery for aortic stenosis and had no visible coronary arteriosclerosis upon preoperative coronary angiogram. The younger group included 49 patients of <60 years old at surgery: median age, 54.4 years; median follow-up, 8.7 years. The older group included 82 patients of ≥60 years old at surgery: median age, 71.3 years; median follow-up, 11.0 years. For each case, we selected four referents matched for age, gender, and geographic area. To identify predictors for surgery, we used multivariable conditional logistic regression with a model including arterial hypertension, cholesterol levels, diabetes, BMI, and smoking. 

Results:  Future surgery for aortic stenosis was associated with arterial hypertension and elevated levels of diastolic blood pressure in the younger group (odds ratio, 3.40; 95% confidence interval, 1.45–7.93, and odds ratio 1,60; 95% confidence interval, 1.09–2.37, respectively), and with only impaired fasting glucose tolerance in the older group (odds ratio, 3.22; 95% confidence interval, 1.19–8.76). 

Conclusion: Arterial hypertension and elevated diastolic blood pressure are associated with a risk for aortic stenosis development in subjects below 60 years of age. Strict blood pressure control in this group are strongly advocated to avoid other cardiovascular diseases correlated to hypertension. If hypertension and elevated diastolic blood pressure are risk for developing aortic stenosis need further investigations. Notably, elevated fasting glucose levels were related to aortic stenosis in older adults without concomitant coronary artery disease. 

Emneord [en]
Aortic stenosis, Hypertension, Diabetes, Valve disease surgery, Bicuspid aortic valve
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Forskningsprogram
epidemiologi; kardiologi
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-144311OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-144311DiVA, id: diva2:1178992
Tilgjengelig fra: 2018-01-31 Laget: 2018-01-31 Sist oppdatert: 2018-06-09
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1. Cardiovascular risk factors in aortic stenosis
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2018 (engelsk)Doktoravhandling, med artikler (Annet vitenskapelig)
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Kardiovaskulära riskfaktorer vid aortastenos
Abstract [en]

Introduction: Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most common hemodynamic significant valvular heart disease and affects about 2% of the population. The incidence increases with age. When symptoms of the stenotic aortic valve disease eventually occur the 2-year mortality exceeds 50%. Aortic valve replacement (AVR) by surgery or by catheter intervention is the only known treatment. The causes of AS are only partly known, despite that the disease has been known since the beginning of 17th century. In younger individuals, a bicuspid valve is present in about 80% of the cases. The traditional cardiovascular risk-factors for ischemic heart disease have been linked to AS, and the histology of the stenotic aortic valve and the atherosclerotic plaques shares several features such as inflammation, lipid deposition and calcification. High levels of the lipoprotein Lp(a) has been linked to both atherosclerosis and AS, and a causal relation with AS is supported by Mandelian randomisation. End-stage renal disease is associated with increased risk of AS but if early impairment increases the risk is not known.

Material and methods: We identified 799 patients with surgery for valvular heart disease and/or disease of the ascending aorta with a prior participation in one of three large population based health surveys in northern Sweden (Västerbotten Intervention Program [VIP], MONItoring Of trends and Determinants in CArdivascular Disease survey [MONICA], and the Mammary Screening Project [MSP]). For each case, four referents matched by age, gender, type and date of survey, and geographical area were randomly selected. From the health surveys, data on cardiovascular risk-factors and health history as well as measurements of anthropometry, blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol levels were retrieved. Each case was carefully validated and data from pre- and perioperative assessments were collected. The presence of coronary artery disease (CAD) was determined from the preoperative coronary angiogram. Apolipoproteins B and A1, Lp(a), creatinine and cystatin C were analysed in samples obtained at the initial survey. As this is a matched case-referent study where cases and referents had the same follow-up duration within strata, logistic regression using the conditional maximum likelihood routine designed for matched analysis was used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals. Studied variables were tested in uni- and multivariable models.

Results: Paper 1: Of the identified 799 cases with questionnaires, 322 were primarily operated for AS, 91 for aortic regurgitation, 181 for mitral regurgitation, 131 for disease of ascending aorta, 52 for CAD (and for concomitant valvular or aortic disease). The remaining 22 had various indications for valvular heart surgery and were excluded. Altogether 38% of patients were women. Aortic stenosis: Hypertension (OR 1.87 [1.37–2.54]), diabetes (OR 1.78 [1.01–3.11]) and total cholesterol (OR 1.64 [1.07–2.49]) were associated with future AVR. After exclusion of concomitant CAD, none of the these risk-factors remained significant. Aortic regurgitation: None of the cardiovascular risk-factors was associated with increased risk for aortic regurgitation demanding surgery, whereas high levels of cholesterol were associated with reduced risk for surgery (OR 0.29 [0.12–0.71]). Mitral regurgitation: High levels of cholesterol associated with surgery for mitral regurgitation (OR 1.74 [1.01–3.00]), but not in those without CAD. Disease of the ascending aorta: Hypertension (OR 2.42 [1.44–4.06]) and previous smoking (OR 1.97 (1.12–3.49]) related to increased risk for surgery of the ascending aorta, whereas diabetes was inversely associated with surgery (OR 0.09 [0.01–0.73]). Excluding CAD, only diabetes remained protective (OR 0.24 [0.07–0.81]). Paper 2: 322 patients underwent AVR, and 70 had surgery before the age of 60 years and 252 had surgery after 60 years of age. After exclusion of patients with CAD, 49 and 82 patients remained in these age groups. Arterial hypertension associated with future AVR in those operated before the age of 60 years regardless of concomitant CAD or not (OR 3.40 [1.45–7.93] and OR 5.88 [1.46–23.72]). In those older than 60 years at surgery and with concomitant CAD, all traditional cardiovascular risk factors associated with surgery, but in those without concomitant CAD, only impaired fasting glucose (IFG) was associated with surgery (OR 3.22 [1.19–8.76]). Paper 3: 336 patients having surgery for AS. Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] was independently associated with surgery in those with concomitant CAD (OR 1.29 [1.07–1.55]), but not in those without CAD. A high Apo B/A1 ratio was associated with surgery in patients with CAD (OR 1.43 [1.16–1.76]), but not in those without. Paper 4: The same cohort as in paper 3 was examined. Renal function was estimated by the ratio between glomerular filtration rates (eGFR) obtained from cystatin C and creatinine, and a low ratio indicates early impairment of renal function (“shrunken pore syndrome”). A high ratio independently associated with lower risk for future AVR (OR 0.84 [0.73–0.97]). Protective effect was seen in women but not in men (0.74 [0.60–0.92] and 0.93 [0.76 [0.76–1.13], respectively). After stratification for CAD, the association remained significant in women with CAD but not in men with CAD (0.60 [0.44–0.83] and 0.96 [0.76 [0.75–1.23], respectively).

Conclusion: The traditional cardiovascular risk-factors associated with future surgery for valvular heart disease and for surgery of the ascending aorta, however with a clear difference if there was concomitant CAD or not. Arterial hypertension was a major risk factor for surgery for AS in younger patients without CAD, whereas impaired fasting glucose (IFG) associated with surgery in elderly patients without CAD. High levels of Lp(a) and a high Apo B/A1 ratio were associated with future AVR only in patients with concomitant CAD. Similarly, early renal impairment expressed as low ratio of eGFR by cystatin C and by creatinine (“shrunken pore”) associated with future AVR.

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Umeå: Umeå universitet, 2018. s. 63
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Umeå University medical dissertations, ISSN 0346-6612 ; 1941
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Valvular heart disease, aortic stenosis, bicuspid aortic valve, cardiovascular risk factors, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, smoking, hypercholesterolemia, obesity, shrunken pore, renal failure
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epidemiologi; kardiologi
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urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-144306 (URN)978-91-7601-825-5 (ISBN)
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2018-02-23, Sal B, NUS 1D-Tandläkarhögskolan, Norrlands universitetssjukhus, Umeå, 13:00 (svensk)
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Tilgjengelig fra: 2018-02-02 Laget: 2018-01-31 Sist oppdatert: 2018-06-09bibliografisk kontrollert

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