Table 1.
Baseline socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of octogenarian patients scheduled for SAVR or TAVI (N = 143).
| Total | SAVR | TAVI | p-valuea | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participants, N (%) | 143 | (100) | 78 | (55) | 65 | (45) | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 83 | (2.7) | 82 | (2.0) | 85 | (2.8) | < 0.001 |
| Sex, counts (%): | 0.21 | ||||||
| Men | 62 | (43) | 38 | (49) | 24 | (37) | |
| Women | 81 | (57) | 40 | (51) | 41 | (63) | |
| Education, counts (%): | 0.76 | ||||||
| Primary school | 99 | (69) | 52 | (67) | 47 | (72) | |
| Secondary school | 30 | (21) | 18 | (23) | 12 | (18) | |
| College/university | 14 | (10) | 8 | (10) | 6 | (9) | |
| Marital status, counts (%): | 0.27 | ||||||
| Married/cohabitation | 77 | (59) | 46 | (59) | 31 | (48) | |
| Unmarried | 4 | (1) | 1 | (1) | 3 | (5) | |
| Divorced | 1 | (1) | 1 | (1) | 0 | (0) | |
| Widow/widower | 61 | (38) | 30 | (38) | 31 | (48) | |
| NYHA, counts (%): | < 0.001 | ||||||
| I | 2 | (2) | 2 | (3) | 0 | (0) | |
| II | 46 | (36) | 35 | (49) | 11 | (20) | |
| III | 74 | (58) | 35 | (49) | 39 | (70) | |
| IV | 6 | (5) | 0 | (0) | 6 | (11) | |
| LVEF, counts (%): | 0.07 | ||||||
| < 30 | 3 | (2) | 2 | (3) | 1 | (2) | |
| 30–50 | 34 | (24) | 13 | (17) | 21 | (32) | |
| > 50 | 106 | (74) | 63 | (81) | 43 | (66) | |
| Aorta insufficiency, mean (SD) | 2.3 | (2.2) | 2.1 | (2.3) | 2.4 | (2.2) | 0.49 |
| Aortic valve area, mean (SD) | 0.4 | (0.2) | 0.4 | (0.2) | 0.4 | (0.1) | 0.23 |
| Aortic valve gradient, mean gradient mmHg, mean (SD) | 48 | (17) | 50 | (17) | 46 | (16) | 0.08 |
| Aortic valve gradient, max gradient mmHg, mean (SD) | 79 | (25) | 84 | (25) | 74 | (24) | 0.03 |
| Logistic euroSCORE, mean (SD) | 14 | (9) | 9 | (4) | 20 | (11) | < 0.001 |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index, mean (SD) | 2.1 | (1.2) | 1.8 | (1.0) | 2.5 | (1.3) | < 0.001 |
a
Pearson’s chi-square test, Fisher’s exact test, or Welch’s two-sample t-test, as appropriate.
LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; NYHA: New York Heart Association functional classification; SAVR: surgical aortic valve replacement; TAVI: transcatheter aortic valve implantation