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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Oct 21;7(6):829–836. doi: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.114.001395

Table 3.

Unadjusted cost and length of stay associated with specific complications

Mean Cost ($) Incremental Cost of Complication* Mean LOS (days) Incremental LOS of Complication*
Any complication $96,679 ± 51,873 $33,196 14.0 ± 13.4 6.6
Death $149,956 ± 86,267 $75,388 23.1 ± 21.7 13.4
Major stroke $108,319 ± 45,062 $31,030 17.2 ± 10.3 7.0
Minor stroke $72,621 ± 28,917 −$5,732 7.6 ± 4.8 2.8
Major vascular complication $102,294 ± 57,800 $27,156 12.6 ± 11.4 2.5
Minor vascular complications $83,897 ± 33,217 $6,095 12.3 ± 10.2 2.1
Major bleeding $117,383 ± 70,840 $43,374 17.3 ± 19.8 7.7
Renal insufficiency $98,834 ± 42,065 $21,450 13.8 ± 10.2 3.6
Renal failure $219,553 ± 87,055 $144,473 44.4 ± 29.0 34.9
Arrhythmia $100,357 ± 54,988 $26,360 15.1 ± 13.0 5.7
Permanent pacemaker $93,395 ± 35,693 $15,613 13.3 ± 9.1 3.1
Repeat TAVR $212,634 ± 2,941 $135,017 19.0 ± 12.7 8.7
Surgical AVR $126,340 ± 50,820 $48,901 16.6 ± 11.2 6.3

Incremental cost (and LOS) refers to the difference in mean cost (or LOS) between patients with vs. without the complication of interest