Table 3.

Post‐TAVI Troponin T Levels in Relation to Access Route, Valve Type, and Concomitant PCI

	N	Median ×ULN (IQR)	P Value
Overall	577	17.7 (10.1–32.5)
Procedural access			<0.001a
Femoral	462	14.8 (9.3–24.3)
Transapical	106	43.7 (29.8–63.3)
Subclavian	9	20.2 (7.3–61.4)
Device			<0.001a
Medtronic CoreValve	301	15.0 (9.3–25.4)
Edwards Sapien XT	265	21.3 (12.0–38.8)
Symetis Acurate	11	49.1 (39.1–86.6)
Concomitant PCI			0.71b
Yes	91	17.5 (9.8–36.2)
No	486	17.9 (10.1–31.7)

IQR indicates interquartile range; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; TAVI; transcatheter aortic valve implantation; ULN, upper limit of normal.

^aKruskall–Wallis tests.

^bMann–Whitney U test.