Sex differences in 30-day readmission rates, etiology, and predictors after transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The aim of this study is to analyze sex-specific readmission rates, etiology, and predictors of readmission after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Readmissions after TAVR are common, contributing to increased health care utilization and costs. Many factors have been discovered as predictors of readmission; however, sex-specific disparities in readmission rates are limited. METHODS:Between January 2012 and September 2015, adult patients after TAVR were identified using appropriate international classifications of diseases, ninth revision, clinical modification from the National Readmission Database. Incidence of unplanned 30-days readmission rate was the primary outcome of this study. In addition, this study includes sex-specific etiology and predictors of readmissi

SUBMITTER: Doshi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6890955 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul - Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature