Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Outcomes in Patients with Sarcopenia.

CONCLUSIONS: Sarcopenic patients had similar in-hospital clinical outcomes as non-sarcopenic patients following TAVR which reveals TAVR safety in sarcopenic patients. However, sarcopenia was an independent risk factor for mid-term mortality proposing for its potential value in systematic evaluation of this highly comorbid population to decide the best treatment approaches. PMID: 31062696 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: EuroIntervention - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Tags: EuroIntervention Source Type: research