Transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with advanced kidney disease: A propensity score-matched analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is an alternative for surgically inoperable patients with severe aortic stenosis. Advanced kidney disease may significantly affect outcomes in patients treated with TAVR and surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR).

Hypothesis

TAVR is associated with better in-hospital outcomes compared with SAVR in patients with advanced kidney disease.

Methods

We identified our sample from the National Inpatient Sample between 2012 and 2014, using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification codes. We included patients with chronic kidney disease stages IV and V and end-stage renal disease as advanced kidney disease patients. We excluded patients with acute kidney injury on admission and pati

SUBMITTER: Doshi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6490436 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature