Valvular & structural heart disease
Long-term risk of reintervention after transcatheter aortic valve replacement
Authors' conclusion
The 10-year risk of valve reintervention after TAVR is low and appears to be decreasing over time.
Study context
- Population
- Patients receiving Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), Medicare, July 2011–December 20201,880 reintervened
- Participants
- 230,644 patients
- Outcome
- Cumulative probability of valve reintervention (surgical or transcatheter)
- Follow-up
- 10 years
Methodological detailsMedicare Fee for Service 100% dataset, competing risk regression
- Medicare Fee for Service 100% dataset
- Competing risk regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Valve reintervention after TAVR
Adjusted cumulative incidence of reintervention (competing risk of death and covariates)
1.63%
Crude reintervention rate (surviving cohort of 341)
0.59%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Risk-adjusted reintervention rate, early (2011-2016) vs later (2017-2020) period · 4 years
Characteristics of reintervened patients
- Younger and more likely male
Original publication
Long-term risk of reintervention after transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Am Heart J. Published 21 October 2023. doi:10.
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