Inclusion of Functional Status Measures in the Risk Adjustment of 30-Day Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Report From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology TVT Registry

Conclusions A clinical risk model was developed for 30-day death after TAVR that included clinical data as well as health status and frailty. This model will facilitate tracking outcomes over time as TAVR expands to lower risk patients and to less experienced sites and will allow an objective comparison of short-term mortality rates across centers.

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Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions - March 19, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Arnold, S. V., OBrien, S. M., Vemulapalli, S., Cohen, D. J., Stebbins, A., Brennan, J. M., Shahian, D. M., Grover, F. L., Holmes, D. R., Thourani, V. H., Peterson, E. D., Edwards, F. H., for the STS/ACC TVT Registry Tags: Focus on Pulmonic and Aortic Valve Intervention Source Type: research