Incidence and predictors of readmissions to non-index hospitals after transcatheter aortic valve replacement and the impact on in-hospital outcomes: From the nationwide readmission database

Whether readmission to non-index hospitals (where the initial procedure was not performed) could result in adverse outcomes and increased utilization of healthcare resources compared with readmission to index hospitals after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) remains unclear.

Source: International Journal of Cardiology - April 21, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Tomo Ando, Oluwole Adegbala, Pedro Villablanca, Emmanuel Akintoye, Said Ashraf, Mohamed Shokr, Fayez Siddiqui, Hisato Takagi, Cindy L. Grines, Luis Afonso, Alexandros Briasoulis Source Type: research