In-hospital outcomes of transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in non-teaching hospitals.

Tomo AndoOluwole AdegbalaPedro A VillablancaAlexandros Briasoulis Hisato TakagiCindy L GrinesTheodore SchreiberTamim NazifSusheel KodaliLuis Afonso

Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2018)

TAVR conferred similar in-hospital mortality and major peri-procedural complications compared with SAVR in non-teaching hospitals. For those with limited access to teaching hospitals, non-teaching hospitals appear to be a reasonable option for candidates of aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis.

Keyphrases

aortic valve replacement
aortic stenosis
aortic valve
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
transcatheter aortic valve implantation
ejection fraction
healthcare
left ventricular
medical students
coronary artery disease
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atrial fibrillation
emergency department