Healio

Frailty status more predictive of TAVR outcomes than cancer status

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement, increased frailty was independently associated ...
Medscape

Exercise Plus Protein Boosts TAVR Outcomes in Frail Patients

A home-based exercise program plus protein supplementation was safe for frail older adults undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and improved strength, mobility, and balance ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients at 7 Years

Five-year data from the PARTNER 3 trial showed that among low-risk patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis, outcomes were similar among patients who had undergone transcatheter aortic-valve ...
TCTMD

Mortality and Other Adverse Events After TAVI Higher in Frailer Patients

Frailty assessed with a comorbidity-based risk-stratification tool correlates with long-term risks of mortality and geriatric symptoms following TAVI, according to new data. Compared with patients ...
Medscape

First Risk Score to Predict Bleeding Risk After TAVR

A new clinical score has been developed, and externally validated, to identify patients at risk of bleeding after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). "Despite the TAVR iterations, we ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

ViV-TAVR Leads to Fewer Complications, but Increases Later Heart Failure Hospitalizations and Mortality

From 2015 to 2020, the number of patients opting for valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement (ViV-TAVR) over redo surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) rose significantly, from 35.3% ...