Transcatheter aortic valve implantation during COVID-19 pandemic: An optimized model to relieve healthcare system overload.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic upset healthcare systems and their logistics worldwide. We sought to assess safety and effectiveness of an optimized logistics for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) pathway developed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

This is a retrospective analysis. An optimized TAVI logistics based on performing TAVI work-up and procedure during the same hospitalization was used during the COVID-19 pandemic. In-hospital and 30-day outcomes of patients treated during the pandemic were compared with an historical cohort of patients undergoing TAVI with staged work-up before the pandemic within an homogeneous timeframe.

Results

Of 536 patients, 227 (42.4%) underwent TAVI during the COVID-19 pandemic with a reduction o

SUBMITTER: Reddavid C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8783646 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature