Causes, pattern, predictors, and prognostic implications of new hospitalizations after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a long-term nationwide observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The aim of this study was to investigate the pattern, causes, and predictors of all new hospitalizations in patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).

Methods and results

The nationwide Swedish TAVI registry was merged with other mandatory healthcare registries, which enabled the analysis of all TAVI procedures, new hospital admissions, and death between the years 2008 and 2017. A total of 2821 patients underwent TAVI with a mean of 2.5 hospitalizations during a mean follow-up of 2.2 years. Hospitalizations were associated with worse prognosis. Heart failure (HF) was the most common cause of hospitalization with 19% having at least one hospitalization due to HF causing, 16% of all-cause admissions, and 50% of cardiovascular admissions. Male g

SUBMITTER: Nilsson K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8888128 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature