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. 2019 Jul;11(7):3039–3046. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.07.33

Table 2. Safety outcomes.

Event Early (≤30 days) (N=133)
(total number of events observed/N)
Late (>30 days) (late patient-years =495.3,
total number of events observed/late patient-years)
All-cause mortality 3 (2.3%) 16 (3.2%)
Valve-related mortality 1 (0.8%) 4 (0.8%)
Thromboembolism 3 (2.3%) 1 (0.2%)
Valve thrombosis 0 (0.0%) 1* (0.2%)
Endocarditis 0 (0.0%) 1** (0.2%)
Explant 0 (0.0%) 1** (0.2%)
Major bleeding requiring transfusion 9 (6.8%) 2 (0.4%)
Major paravalvular leak 1 (0.8%) 0 (0.0%)
Non-structural valve dysfunction 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.2%)
Structural valve deterioration 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)

*, valve thrombosis was diagnosed post-mortem at autopsy; **, explant due to endocarditis occurred in one patient.