Effect of Hospital Volume on Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair: An Early US Experience
Patel NJ, Badheka AO, Jhamnani S, Panaich SS, Singh V, Patel N, Arora S, Grines CL, Cleman M, Forrest JK. Effect of Hospital Volume on Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair: An Early US Experience. Journal Of Interventional Cardiology 2015, 28: 464-471. PMID: 26489974, DOI: 10.1111/joic.12228.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscatheter mitral valve repairMitral valve repairNationwide Inpatient Sample databasePeri-procedural complicationsHospital volumeLength of stayHospital mortalityValve repairHospitalization costsUtilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample databaseICD-9-CM procedure codesPercutaneous mitral valve repairEarly US ExperienceHigher hospital volumePost-procedural complicationsCross-sectional studyFirst tertileOverall cohortThird tertilePrimary outcomeSecond tertileTMVR proceduresMitral regurgitationBaseline burdenMean age