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Stratification of Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement According to Surgical Inoperability for Technical Versus Clinical Reasons

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Submitted by

J. Rafael Sadaba

Source

Source Name: Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Source URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24161334

Author(s)

Makkar RR, Jilaihawi H, Mack M, Chakravarty T, Cohen DJ, Cheng W, Fontana GP, Bavaria JE, Thourani VH, Herrmann HC, Pichard A, Kapadia S, Babaliaros V, Whisenant BK, Kodali SK, Williams M, Trento A, Smith CR, Teirstein PS, Cohen MG, Xu K, Tuzcu EM, Webb JG, Leon MB.

In this manuscript the authors analyse data from the cohort B (inoperable patients) of the PARTNER trial in order to compare outcomes in two groups of patients, those inoperable for technical reasons and those inoperable for clinical reasons. Patients deemed inoperable for technical reasons had a lower risk profile. Two-year mortality and quality of life was significantly better in this group.