OUTCOMES AND READMISSIONS AFTER TAVR IN PATIENTS WITH FRAILTY: A SIX-MONTH NATIONWIDE RETROSPECTIVE COHORT ANALYSIS

Authors :: Suchith Shetty
Srikanth Yandrapalli
Steven L. Lansman
Gilbert Hin-Lung Tang
Aaqib H. Malik
Joshua Goldberg
Hasan Ahmad
Syed Zaid
Wilbert S. Aronow
Martin H. Cohen
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 75:1244
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2020.
Abstract: Frailty is common in the elderly and is known to be associated with worse outcomes. Our objective was to evaluate the impact of frailty on outcomes and readmissions after TAVR in the contemporary era. Nationwide readmission database (NRD) from the year 2016 was used to identify TAVR patients and

Subjects :: 03 medical and health sciences
medicine.medical_specialty
0302 clinical medicine
business.industry
Emergency medicine
medicine
Retrospective cohort study
In patient
030212 general & internal medicine
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business

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