Validation of STS/ACC TVT-TAVR Score in Veterans Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.
CONCLUSIONS: Developed and validated in commercial United States cases, the TAVR risk score has a similar performance in the veteran population for predicting short-term outcomes. In addition, the TAVR score predicts long-term mortality. Our results have implications for optimal patient selection.
PMID: 30218556 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of Invasive Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Tags: J Invasive Cardiol Source Type: research
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