Valvular & structural heart disease
Burden of hospitalization during the first year following transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement
Authors' conclusion
The 1-year hospitalization burden following TAVR is substantial. Compared with patients undergoing isolated SAVR, those undergoing TAVR had a lower early, but a higher late hospitalization rate - a difference that likely reflects unmeasured differences in the patient cohorts.
Study context
- Population
- Patients undergoing first-time transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) or isolated surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR), Danish nationwide registries, 2008–2019
- Participants
- 4,921 vs 5,220
- Exposure
- TAVR vs isolated SAVR
- TAVRn = 4,921
- SAVRn = 5,220reference
- Outcome
- Hospitalization burden (CV or non-CV hospitalizations)
- Follow-up
- First year after discharge
Methodological detailsnationwide registries
- Nationwide registries
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Hospitalization rate
TAVR
5,725
events
SAVR
4,426
events
TAVR vs SAVRHazard ratio (95% CI)
Early hospitalization, day 0-30
0.89(0.80–0.98)
Late hospitalization, day 31-365
1.46(1.32–1.60)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Total length of all hospital stays (patients with ≥1 hospitalization)
1-7 days
8-14 days
15-30 days
31-60 days
≥61 days
Original publication
Burden of hospitalization during the first year following transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement. Am Heart J. Published 29 July 2024. doi:10.
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