Impact of baseline cigarette smoking status on clinical outcome after transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
Masieh AbawiLennart Van GilsPierfrancesco AgostoniNicolas M van MieghemNynke H M KooistraCharlotte S van DongenRomy C van JaarsveldPeter P T de JaegerePieter A F M DoevendansPieter R StellaPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2019)
Overall, baseline prior-smokers had similar 1-year mortality outcome after TAVR compared with baseline never-smokers. However, there was a reversed association between baseline prior-smoking status and 1-year mortality after TAVR among males, which could partially be explained due to the favorable baseline characteristics.