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. 2021 Jun 20;110(12):1912–1920. doi: 10.1007/s00392-021-01882-3

Table 3.

Safety outcomes

Clinical event 30 Days
N = 120
1 Year
N = 118
VARC-2 early safety compositea 13.3 (16)
All-cause mortality 3.3 (4) 11.9 (14)
Cardiovascular mortality 3.3 (4) 9.3 (11)
All stroke 2.5 (3) 2.5 (3)
Disabling stroke 1.7 (2) 1.7 (2)
Major vascular complications 3.3 (4) 3.3 (4)
Life-threatening/disabling bleeding 5.0 (6) 8.5 (10)
Acute kidney injury (stage 2 or 3) 0.8 (1) 0.8 (1)
Myocardial infarction > 72 h 0.8 (1) 0.8 (1)
Repeat procedure (surgery/interventional) for valve-related dysfunction 0.0 (0) 0.0 (0)
Hospitalization for valve-related symptoms or CHF 4.2 (5)
New permanent pacemaker 15.0 (18) 17.8 (21)
New-onset atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter 5.8 (7) 8.5 (10)
Coronary obstruction requiring intervention 0.8 (1) 0.8 (1)
Prosthetic aortic valve thrombosis 0.0 (0) 0.0 (0)
Prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis 0.0 (0) 0.0 (0)

Values are % (n); two patients required a valve-in-valve procedure with a non-study valve and thus are not included in the 1-year analyses

BAV balloon aortic valvuloplasty; CHF congestive heart failure

aIncludes all-cause mortality, all stroke, major vascular complications, life-threatening or disabling bleeding, acute kidney injury (Stage 2/3), repeat procedure for valve-related dysfunction, and coronary obstruction requiring intervention