Table 22:

Average Cost per Patient With Severe Aortic Stenosis per Year^a

Therapy	Year Post-Implant
	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5
TAVI	$59,513	$7,802	$2,978	$2,810	$2,649
SAVR	$50,645	$6,841	$3,126	$2,979	$2,836

Abbreviations: SAVR, surgical aortic valve replacement; TAVI, transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

^aIn the first year, the following costs are incurred: episode cost of TAVI procedure, which includes (1) the cost of the device, the procedure and procedure-related adverse events; (2) the cost of treatment for major stroke (hospitalization and follow-up costs), if incurred; and (3) the cost of adverse events after the procedure, if incurred. In the subsequent years, the following costs are incurred: the cost of treatment of a new major stroke event, if incurred; the cost of follow-up for a major stroke event if it happened in the previous year; and treatment cost for adverse events, if incurred. All costs were calculated based on the proportion of patients who experienced no major stroke, or experienced a major stroke, and they accounted for mortality.