Transcatheter aortic valve implantation complexity score.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing demand for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) places greater emphasis on the efficiency of pathways and services. A significant limitation to increasing TAVI capacity is the availability of cardiac catheterisation laboratory time. We have developed a novel complexity scoring system (TAVI ComplEXity; TEX score) which can aid in planning lists with appropriate case selection. To validate the TEX score, we have undertaken a retrospective analysis of TAVI cases. The hypothesis is that increasing TEX score correlates with increased procedural duration and reduced valve academic research consortium (VARC) 3 technical and device success.

Methods

The TEX score assigns patients to a complexity level of 1 (low), 2 (intermediate) or 3 (high) based on t

SUBMITTER: Abdelrahman A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11751777 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature