Table 3:
Number of Days Spent Home and in Facilities in the First Two Years after TAVR or SAVR in Low Surgical-Risk Patients
| DAH730 and Components | TAVR (N =312) |
SAVR (N =281) |
Difference (95% CI) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAH730 | ||||
| Mean±SD | 701.6±106.0 | 699.6±94.5 | 2.0 [−14.1, 18.2] | 0.81 |
| Median (IQR) | 725.(722,727) | 722.(714,724) | ||
| Range (min,max) | (0,728.0) | (0,727) | ||
| Mortality days | ||||
| Mean±SD | 18.8±102.4 | 15.7±91.6 | 3.2 [−12.4, 18.8] | 0.69 |
| Median (IQR) | 0 (0,0) | 0 (0,0) | ||
| Range (min,max) | (0,728) | (0,725) | ||
| Index LOS | ||||
| Mean±SD | 3.4±1.9 | 7.1±2.9 | −3.7 [−4.1, −3.3] | <0.001 |
| Median (IQR) | 3 (2,4) | 6 (5,8) | ||
| Range (min,max) | (2,18) | (3,31) | ||
| Total Facility Days After Discharge from the Index Hospitalization | ||||
| Mean±SD | 6.2±17.2 | 7.7±18.5 | −1.5 [−4.4, 1.4] | 0.30 |
| Median (IQR) | 1 (0,5) | 1 (0,7) | ||
| Range (min,max) | (0,185) | (0,191) | ||
| Readmission Days | ||||
| Mean±SD | 3.2±8.1 (312) | 3.5±9.2 | −0.3 [−1.7, 1.1] | 0.67 |
| Median (IQR) | 0 (0,3) | 0 (0,3) | ||
| Range (min,max) | (0,87) | (0,85) | ||
| Rehabilitation Days | ||||
| Mean±SD | 0.3±2.7 | 0.3±1.8 | 0 [−0.4, 0.3] | 0.88 |
| Median (IQR) | 0 (0,0) | 0 (0,0) | ||
| Range (min,max) | (0,44) | (0,19) | ||
| LTAC Days | ||||
| Mean±SD | 0.1±1.8 | 0.1±1.6 | 0 [−0.3, 0.3] | 0.96 |
| Median (IQR) | 0 (0,0) | 0 (0,0) | ||
| Range (min,max) | (0,31) | (0,26) | ||
| SNF Days | ||||
| Mean±SD | 1.6±9.8 | 2.9±11.4 | −1.3 [−3.0, 0.4] | 0.14 |
| Median (IQR) | 0 (0,0) | 0 (0,0) | ||
| Range (min,max) | (0,125) | (0,120) | ||
| ED Days | ||||
| Mean±SD | 0.7±1.3 | 0.6±1.2 | 0.1 [−0.1, 0.3] | 0.25 |
| Median (IQR) | 0 (0,1) | 0 (0,1) | ||
| Range (min,max) | (0,10) | (0,12) | ||
| Observation Days | ||||
| Mean±SD | 0.2±0.8 | 0.2±0.7 | 0 [−0.1, 0.1] | 0.69 |
| Median (IQR) | 0 (0,0) | 0 (0,0) | ||
| Range (min,max) | (0,7) | (0,5) |
DAH730, Days at Home at 2 years; ED, emergency department; LOS, length of stay; LTAC, long-term acute care hospital; SAVR, surgical aortic valve replacement; SNF, skilled nursing facility; TAVR, transcatheter aortic valve replacement.