2016
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Versus Surgery in Women at High Risk for Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement (from the CoreValve US High Risk Pivotal Trial)
Skelding KA, Yakubov SJ, Kleiman NS, Reardon MJ, Adams DH, Huang J, Forrest JK, Popma JJ. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Versus Surgery in Women at High Risk for Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement (from the CoreValve US High Risk Pivotal Trial). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2016, 118: 560-566. PMID: 27381665, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.05.051.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical aortic valve replacementTranscatheter aortic valve replacementAortic valve replacementSevere aortic stenosisValve replacementCause mortalityAortic stenosisHigh riskKansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire summary scoreTAVR-treated patientsSelf-expanding valvesMajor stroke rateSelf-expanding prosthesisQuality of lifeSAVR groupSAVR patientsVersus SurgeryTAVR patientsBaseline characteristicsMajor strokeDiabetes mellitusStroke rateSurvival advantageSummary scoresPatients
2015
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement versus surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with cirrhosis
Thakkar B, Patel A, Mohamad B, Patel NJ, Bhatt P, Bhimani R, Patel A, Arora S, Savani C, Solanki S, Sonani R, Patel S, Patel N, Deshmukh A, Mohamad T, Grines C, Cleman M, Mangi A, Forrest J, Badheka AO. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement versus surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with cirrhosis. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2015, 87: 955-962. PMID: 26699085, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.26345.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAortic ValveAortic Valve StenosisBlood TransfusionCardiac CatheterizationChi-Square DistributionCross-Sectional StudiesDatabases, FactualFemaleHeart Valve ProsthesisHeart Valve Prosthesis ImplantationHospital CostsHumansLength of StayLiver CirrhosisLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisPostoperative ComplicationsPropensity ScoreRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesConceptsSurgical aortic valve replacementTranscatheter aortic valve replacementAortic valve replacementValve replacementNational Inpatient SampleCirrhosis patientsTAVR groupComplication rateICD-9-CM diagnosis codesICD-9-CM procedureHospital mortality rateSevere aortic stenosisHigh-risk patientsOpen heart surgeryYears of agePostprocedural lengthSAVR groupHospital outcomesOperative morbidityPortal hypertensionAortic stenosisCardiac surgeryCardiopulmonary bypassEsophageal varicesLiver cirrhosis