Surgical Mortality Risk Scores in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Is Their Early Predictive Value Still Strong?

Fortunato Iacovelli Francesco Loizzi Alessandro Cafaro Osvaldo BurattiniLuigi SalemmeAngelo CioppaFrancesco Rizzo Chiara Palmitessa Maurizio D'Alessandro Daniele De FeoArmando PucciarelliEmanuela De CillisVincenzo PestrichellaGaetano ContegiacomoTullio TesorioAlessandro Santo Bortone

Published in: Journal of cardiovascular development and disease (2023)

Currently, the most used mortality risk scores do not have adequate diagnostic accuracy in predicting ES after TAVI. The absence of VARC-2, instead of VARC-3, ES is an independent predictor of 1-year mortality.

Keyphrases

transcatheter aortic valve implantation
aortic valve
aortic valve replacement
aortic stenosis
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
cardiovascular events
ejection fraction
risk factors
coronary artery disease
type diabetes