Aortic valve replacement among patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
Brent K HollenbeckRodney L DunnDevraj SukulParth K ModiBrahmajee K NallamothuAnanda SenJulie P BynumPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2021)
Rates of AVR in those with ADRD increased during the past decade largely driven by the diffusion of TAVR. The use of TAVR in this vulnerable population did not come at the expense of increasing Medicare institutional days or mortality at 1-year.