Thirty-Day Readmissions After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in the United States: Insights From the Nationwide Readmissions Database [Structural Heart Disease]

Conclusions— Thirty-day readmissions after TAVR are frequent and are related to baseline comorbidities, TAVR access site, and post-procedure complications. Awareness of these predictors can help identify and target high-risk patients for interventions to reduce readmissions and costs.

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Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions - December 28, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kolte, D., Khera, S., Sardar, M. R., Gheewala, N., Gupta, T., Chatterjee, S., Goldsweig, A., Aronow, W. S., Fonarow, G. C., Bhatt, D. L., Greenbaum, A. B., Gordon, P. C., Sharaf, B., Abbott, J. D. Tags: Aortic Valve Replacement/Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Structural Heart Disease Source Type: research