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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2022 May 28;41:27–28. doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2022.05.033

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics in GULF TAVR, TVT registries

Variable 2017–2019 GULF TAVR (n=795) 2018 TVT Registry (n=59,168)
Age (years) 74.6 (mean) 81 (median)
Female sex 43.8% 45.6%
STS risk of mortality 4.90% (mean) 4.9% (median)
Transfemoral access 95.8% 94.2%
Transapical access 3.4% 0.6%
Subclavian access 0.4% 2.0%
Transaortic access 0.4% 0.8%
In-hospital death 2.1% 1.5%
In-hospital stroke 1.1% 1.8%
In-hospital pacemaker implant 9.7% 9.4%
Life threatening bleed 15% 1.9%
Conversion to surgery 1.4% 0.5%
Length of stay (days) 4 (median) 2 (median)
1 year death 5.4% 12.6%

STS = Society of Thoracic Surgeons; TAVR = transcatheter aortic valve replacement; TVT Registry = Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry