In-hospital clinical outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in patients with concomitant carotid artery stenosis: Insights from the national inpatient sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Carotid artery stenosis (CAS) is a common occurrence in elderly patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). We conducted a retrospective study to identify the impact of CAS on in-hospital outcomes following TAVR.

Methods

We queried the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) for 2016-2017 and identified patients who underwent TAVR with concomitant CAS using the ICD-10 codes. The primary endpoint of our study was in-hospital mortality and acute ischemic stroke.

Results

We identified 80,740 TAVR-related hospitalizations. Of these, 6.9% (N = 5555) patients had concomitant CAS. The mean age for CAS patients was 80 ± 7.4 years. Females were represented equally in both groups. Traditional comorbidities like dyslipidemia [78.3% (N = 4350) vs. 68.2%

SUBMITTER: Chakraborty S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7479274 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature