Table 2.
Thirty-day clinical outcome in patients undergoing TAVI and AVR
| TAVI | AVR | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n = 235 | n = 24 | ||
| Mortality, n (%) | |||
| - All-cause | 20 (9) | 2 (8) | 1.0 |
| - Cardiovascular cause | 13 (6) | 2 (8) | 0.64 |
| Myocardial infarction, n (%) | |||
| - All | 3 (1) | 1 (4) | 0.32 |
| - Periprocedural (<72 h) | 2 (1) | 0 | 1.0 |
| Cerebrovascular complication, n (%) | |||
| - All1 | 20 (9) | 2 (8) | 1.0 |
| - Major stroke | 11 (5) | 1 (4) | 1.0 |
| Vascular complication, n (%) | |||
| - All | 42 (18) | 0 | 0.036 |
| - Major | 24 (10) | 0 | 0.14 |
| Bleeding complication, n (%) | |||
| - All | 67 (29) | 2 (8) | 0.049 |
| - Life-threatening or disabling | 21 (9) | 2 (8) | 1.0 |
| Acute kidney injury, n (%) | |||
| - All | 40 (17) | 8 (33) | 0.058 |
| - Stage III | 5 (2) | 2 (8) | 0.13 |
| Cardiac re-intervention, n (%) | |||
| - AVR | 1 (1) | 0 | 1.0 |
| - BAV | 1 (1) | 0 | 1.0 |
| - Other2 | 1 (1) | 2 (8) | 0.023 |
| New pacemaker implantation | |||
| - All | 48 (21) | 1 (4) | 0.056 |
| - For 3rd degree AV block | 40 (17) | 0 | 0.032 |
| New atrial fibrillation | 9 (5) | 2 (11) | 0.60 |
| Repeat hospitalisation, n (%)3 | 3 (1) | 0 | 1.0 |
| Combined 30-day safety endpoint, n (%)4 | 55 (24) | 6 (25) | 1.0 |
AV atrioventricular, AVR aortic valve replacement, BAV balloon aortic valvuloplasty
Mutually non-exclusive analysis (≥1 event/patient possible)
1Including TIA
2Closure of severe paravalvar aortic regurgitation with Amplatzer closure device (n = 1) in TAVI group and resternotomy for severe aortic regurgitation (n = 1) and bleeding (n = 1) in AVR group
3For symptoms of valve-related dysfunction or cardiac decompensation
4Composite all-cause mortality, major stroke, major vascular complication, life-threatening bleeding, acute kidney injury - stage 3, peri-procedural myocardial infarction, repeat procedure for valve-related dysfunction (surgical or interventional)