Evolution of Veterans Affairs Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Program: The First 100 Patients.
Joseph YangJeffrey M ZimmetVimala M PonnaFrank MaCurtis J WozniakLiang GeKendrick A ShunkElaine E TsengPublished in: The Journal of heart valve disease (2019)
Successful outcomes were demonstrated for a VA TAVR program that compared favorably with benchmarks established by the National Transcatheter Valve Therapies Registry. These results provide a necessary transparency of TAVR outcomes at a federal institution.
Keyphrases
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic stenosis
- aortic valve
- ejection fraction
- quality improvement
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- left ventricular
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- type diabetes
- mitral valve
- metabolic syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- patient reported outcomes
- insulin resistance
- skeletal muscle