Hospital readmission rates are similar between patients with mechanical versus bioprosthetic aortic valves.
Arman KilicValentino BiancoThomas G GleasonEdgar Aranda-MichelDanny ChuForozan NavidAndrew D AlthouseIbrahim S SultanPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2018)
In this analysis of over 2900 AVRs, readmissions within 5 years were comparable between groups at approximately 50%, with patients being at highest risk in the early postdischarge period. Readmissions for bleeding constituted a minority of all readmissions for both cohorts.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- aortic valve replacement
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- healthcare
- mitral valve
- left ventricular
- prognostic factors
- heart failure
- atrial fibrillation
- peritoneal dialysis
- emergency department
- coronary artery disease
- patient reported outcomes
- coronary artery
- aortic dissection