Risk factors and outcome of postoperative delirium after transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

Peter StachonKlaus KaierAndreas ZirlikJochen ReinöhlTimo HeidtWolfgang BothePhilip HehnManfred ZehenderChristoph BodeConstantin von Zur Mühlen

Published in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2018)

Patients with POD after TAVR are at increased risk for in-hospital mortality. However, after adjusting for postoperative events and comorbidities, stroke and bleeding, but not POD, are independent mortality predictors.

Keyphrases

transcatheter aortic valve replacement
risk factors
aortic stenosis
aortic valve
atrial fibrillation
patients undergoing
cardiovascular events
cardiovascular disease
type diabetes