Risk modeling in transcatheter aortic valve replacement remains unsolved: an external validation study in 2946 German patients.
Georg WolffJasmin ShamekhiBaravan Al-KassouNoriaki TabataClaudio ParcoKathrin KleinOliver MaierAlexander SedaghatAmin PolzinAtsushi SugiuraChristian JungEberhard GrubeRalf WestenfeldAndrea IcksTobias ZeusJan-Malte SinningStephan BaldusGeorg NickenigMalte KelmVerena VeulemansPublished in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2020)
Surgical as well as TAVR-specific risk scoring models showed mediocre performance in prediction of 30-day mortality risk for TAVR in the German Rhine Transregio Aortic Diseases cohort. Development of new or updated risk models is necessary to improve risk stratification.