Surgical Versus Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Malignancy

Autor: Amr E. Abbas, Marie Bernardo, Steven W. Werns, Amer N. Kadri, Saba Assar
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 23:59-65
ISSN: 1553-8389
Popis: BACKGROUND Patients with aortic stenosis (AS) and malignancy experience poor clinical outcomes with challenging decisions regarding aortic valve replacement (AVR). We sought to compare the outcomes of transcatheter (TAVR) versus surgical (SAVR) AVR in patients with AS and malignancy. METHODS Based on the Nationwide Readmission Database, we compared all patients with malignancy who underwent isolated SAVR vs. TAVR in 2016 for severe AS. We performed univariate and multivariate analyses for baseline characteristics and clinical outcomes. A total of 2566 patients were included, 1952 (76%) had TAVR and the remaining 614 (24%) had isolated SAVR. Patients who underwent TAVR were older (82 vs 72 years, p
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