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. 2022 Mar 18;17(16):1289–1297. doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-21-00613

Table 2. Periprocedural complications.

Age <70 (n=640) Age ≥70 (n=7,986) p-value
Death 12 (1.8%) 168 (2.1%) 0.263
CVA/TIA 13 (2.1%) 208 (2.6%) 0.248
Vascular Minor 27 (4.2%) 375 (4.7%) 0.517
Major 13 (2.1%) 224 (2.8%)
Bleeding Minor 16 (2.5%) 226 (2.8%) 0.718
Major 10 (1.6%) 160 (2.0%)
Life-threatening 7 (1.1%) 121 (1.5%)
PPM 72 (11.2%) 990 (12.4%) 0.321
AKI Stage 1 37 (5.8%) 472 (5.9%) 0.642
Stage 2 6 (0.9%) 56 (0.7%)
Stage 3 5 (0.8%) 52 (0.7%)
Tamponade 3 (0.5%) 47 (0.6%) 0.475
Annular rupture 1 (0.2%) 18 (0.2%) 0.893
Coronary occlusion 3 (0.5%) 24 (0.3%) 0.652
Procedural success* 610 (95.3%) 7,635 (95.6%) 0.852
AKI: acute kidney injury; CVA/TIA: cerebrovascular accident/transient ischaemic attack; PPM: permanent pacemaker; PVL: paravalvular leak *Procedural success: deployment of a single valve with satisfactory haemodynamic results (mean gradient <20 mmHg and PVL <moderate), no conversion to open heart surgery, patient alive without having suffered a disabling stroke at discharge.