Mobility aids predict mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Reshma AminSandeep ArunothayarajDavid Kirtchuk David J R Hildick-SmithKristoffer V TansecoMichael MichailJames CockburnUday TrivediDavid Hildick-Smith

Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2021)

Objective assessment of mobility by gait aid use predicts both short and long-term survival in patients undergoing TAVI. Increased dependence on mobility aids is associated with a worse prognosis.

Keyphrases

transcatheter aortic valve implantation
aortic valve
aortic valve replacement
aortic stenosis
patients undergoing
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
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heart failure
left ventricular
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