Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis: Do Patients Experience Better Quality of Life Regardless of Gradient?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Aortic valve replacement improves survival for patients with low-gradient aortic valve stenosis, but there is a paucity of data on postoperative quality of life for this population.

Methods

In a single-center retrospective analysis of 304 patients with severe aortic valve stenosis who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement, patients were divided into 4 groups based on mean pressure gradient, left ventricular ejection fraction, and stroke volume index. Using the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire-12, quality of life was assessed immediately before and 1 month after transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

Results

Most patients in the low-flow, low-gradient group were men; this group had higher relative rates of cardiovascular disease and type

SUBMITTER: Simone A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9969767 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature