Table 4.
Hospital outcome
| Overall (N = 180) |
TA-TAVI (N = 90) | TF-TAVI (N = 90) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital mortality | 17 (9%) | 8 (9%) | 9 (10%) | 0.799* |
| Cause of death | ||||
| Respiratory failure | 3 (2%) | 3 (3%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Cardiac tamponade for annulus rupture | 2 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (2%) | |
| Valve migration | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | |
| Myocardial infarction | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Heart failure | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | |
| Sudden death | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Cardiac arrest | 2 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (2%) | |
| Life-threatening bleeding | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Multiple organ failure | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Disabling stroke | 4 (2%) | 1 (1%) | 3 (3%) | |
| Complications | ||||
| Major vascular complications (including access related vascular complication, aortic rupture and dissection, leg ischemia) | 13 (7%) | 3 (3%) | 10 (11%) | 0.081 |
| Valve migration | 3 (2%) | 1 (1%) | 2 (2%) | 1 |
| Major/life-threatening bleeding (including cardiac tamponade for aortic rupture or ventricular tear) | 7 (4%) | 3 (3%) | 4 (4%) | 1 |
| Disabling Stroke | 5 (3%) | 2 (2%) | 3 (3%) | 1 |
| Coronary occlusion | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 1 |
| Bailout Sapien-in-Sapien for stent-valve migration or malpositioning | 7 (4%) | 3 (3%) | 4 (4%) | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 6 (3%) | 5 (6%) | 1 (1%) | 0.211 |
| Rethoracotomy for bleeding (TA)/pericardial drainage for tamponade (TF) | 5 (3%) | 3 (3%) | 2 (2%) | 1 |
| Postoperative acute renal failure | 4 (2%) | 3 (3%) | 1 (1%) | 0.621 |
| Dialysis | 3 (2%) | 3 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 0.246 |
| New pacemaker for conduction abnormality | 7 (4%) | 2 (2%) | 5 (6%) | 0.444 |
| Conversion to sternotomy | 2 (1%) | 2 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 0.497 |
| Bailout cardiopulmonary bypass | 4 (2%) | 4 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 0.121 |
| Early extubation | 123 (68%) | 40 (44%) | 83 (92%) | <0.001* |
| Intensive Care Unit stay (days) | 1.4 ± 4.1 (median:0) | 2.6 ± 5.5 (median:1) | 0.2 ± 0.7 (median:0) | <0.001 |
| Hospital stay (days) | 11.7 ± 9.1 (median:9) | 13.9 ± 9.5 (median:10) | 9.4 ± 8.2 (median:8) | <0.001 |
| Postoperative peak gradient (mmHg) | 17.6 ± 9.5 | 16.7 ± 9.4 | 18.5 ± 9.5 | 0.219 |
| Postoperative mean gradient (mmHg) | 9.5 ± 5.3 | 9.2 ± 5.1 | 9.7 ± 5.5 | 0.563 |
| Paravalvular leak: mild to severe | 28 (16%) | 5 (6%) | 23 (26%) | <0.001* |
| Trace of paravalvular leak | 48 (27%) | 15 (17%) | 33 (37%) | |
| Mild paravalvular leak | 25 (14%) | 5 (5%) | 20 (22%) | |
| Moderate paravalvular leak | 2 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (2%) | |
| Severe paravalvular leak | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | |
Data presented as mean ± SD or N (%)
*Chi2 value, otherwise it’s a Fischer test or a T-Test value