Quality of Life after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Sarcopenic Patients Using the Toronto Aortic Stenosis Quality of Life Questionnaire.
Gabriele PesariniAlessandro RuzzarinMatteo BonattiFelix PescollerPatrick EnglRainer OberhollenzerFlavio Luciano RibichiniLuca DonazzanPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)
The TASQ questionnaire revealed changes in QoL after TAVR, regardless of patients' sarcopenic status. Health status improved substantially in both sarcopenic and non-sarcopenic patients following TAVR. Lack of improvement in health expectations seems to depend on patients' expectations regarding the procedure and specific aspects in the evaluation of the outcome.