Association of Patient-Reported Health Status With Long-Term Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Report From the STS/ACC TVT Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is an effective treatment for aortic stenosis, long-term mortality after TAVR remains high and challenging to predict. The Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) is a health status measure, assessed directly from patients, that integrates 2 clinically relevant factors (symptoms and functional status) that may predict TAVR outcomes.

Methods and results

Among 7769 patients from 286 sites in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)/American College of Cardiology (ACC) Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT) Registry, we examined the association between preprocedure (baseline) patient health status, as assessed by the KCCQ, and 1-year mortality after TAVR. The KCCQ Overall Summary Score was categorized as very po

SUBMITTER: Arnold SV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4673686 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature