Table II.
Early outcomes in the propensity score-matched cohorts
| Outcomes | SAVR (n = 142) |
TAVI (n = 142) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In-hospital mortality | 5 (3.6) | 6 (4.3) | 0.76 | |
| 30-day mortality | 6 (4.2) | 5 (3.5) | 0.76 | |
| Stroke | 1 (0.7) | 4 (2.9) | 0.18 | |
| Acute kidney injury | 17 (12.4) | 5 (3.6) | 0.01 | |
| Permanent pacemaker | 5 (3.6) | 20 (14.4) | < 0.0001 | |
| Myocardial infarction | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.7) | 1.00 | |
| Cardiac tamponade | 2 (1.4) | 6 (4.3) | 0.16 | |
| Major vascular injury | 0 (0.0) | 10 (7.4) | < 0.0001 | |
| Emergency PCI | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.7) | 1.00 | |
| Postoperative infection: | 0.71 | |||
| Wound infection | 3 (2.2) | 2 (1.5) | ||
| Lung or other organ infections | 5 (3.7) | 3 (2.2) | ||
| Sepsis | 4 (2.9) | 2 (1.5) | ||
| Blood transfusion | 82 (60.3) | 35 (25.7) | < 0.0001 | |
| ICU stay [days] | 4.0 ±9.3 | 3.2 ±5.8 | 0.42 | |
Data are reported as mean and standard deviation or counts and percentage. SAVR – surgical aortic valve replacement, TAVI – transcatheter aortic valve implantation, PCI – percutaneous coronary intervention, ICU – intensive care unit.