National outcomes of urgent vs. non-urgent percutaneous edge-to-edge transcatheter mitral valve repair.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The current data regarding outcomes of transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair with the MitraClip system in the urgent setting has not been well described. Therefore, we sought to evaluate the outcomes of urgent MitraClip procedures compared with non-urgent ones.

Method

The Nationwide Inpatient Sample database years 2011-2017 was used to identify hospitalizations for MitraClip in the urgent setting. Propensity score matching was used to compare the patients who underwent MitraClip in urgent versus non-urgent settings.

Results

A total of 15,993 patients underwent the MitraClip procedures from 2011 to 2017. 3,929 (24.6%) were urgent and 12,064 (75.4%) were non-urgent. Patients in the urgent group were younger (75.08 vs 77.46) and more likely to be Afri

SUBMITTER: Al-Khadra Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9294183 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature