Elevated systolic pulmonary artery pressure is a substantial predictor of increased mortality after transcatheter aortic valve replacement in males, not in females

ConclusionMale gender was an isolated risk factor for premature death after TAVR in patients with echocardiographic evidence of PH and severe AS. This could mean that, the indication for TAVR should be discussed more critically in men with severe AS and an elevated sPAP, while in females, PH should not be an exclusion criterion for TAVR.Graphical abstractGraphical abstract of the study (Created with BioRender.com)Image material of CoreValve ™ Evolut™ was kindly provided by © Medtronic Inc.
Source: Clinical Research in Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research