Prognostic implications of baseline 6-min walk test performance in intermediate risk patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
Janarthanan SathananthanPhilip GreenMatthew FinnDavid A WoodSandra B LauckAaron CrowleyMaria AluSuzanne V ArnoldDavid CohenSamir R KapadiaMichael MackVinod H ThouraniSusheel KodaliMartin LeonJohn G WebbPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2020)
Poor functional capacity is predictive of 2-year mortality in elderly intermediate risk patients undergoing TAVR. However, surviving patients with poor baseline functional capacity had significant improvement in 6MWT performance and quality of life at 2-years following TAVR.