Sex-Specific Differences at Presentation and Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Cohort Study.

Conclusion: Despite a higher incidence of vascular and bleeding complications, women having TAVR had lower mortality than men at 1 year. Thus, sex-specific risk in TAVR is the opposite of that in SAVR, for which female sex has been shown to be independently associated with an adverse prognosis.
Primary Funding Source: Edwards Lifesciences.
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Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - February 23, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Kodali S, Williams MR, Doshi D, Hahn RT, Humphries KH, Nkomo VT, Cohen DJ, Douglas PS, Mack M, Xu K, Svensson L, Thourani VH, Tuzcu EM, Weissman NJ, Leon M, Kirtane AJ Tags: Ann Intern Med Source Type: research