Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (From the Nationwide Inpatient Database)

Little is known on the outcomes of surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) versus transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).We queried the Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database (2012-2016). We performed a propensity-score-matched analysis based on 25 clinical and hospital variables to compare patients with RA who underwent SAVR versus TAVI. Our primary outcome was in-hospital mortality. Our final analysis included 5,640 hospitalizations with RA who underwent isolated AVR; of whom 2465 (43.7%) underwent TAVI.

Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - July 14, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ayman Elbadawi, Hamdy Ahmed, Karim Mahmoud, Ahmed H. Mohamed, Kirolos Barssoum, Christopher Perez, Ahmad Mahmoud, Gbolahan O. Ogunbayo, Mohamed A. Omer, Hani Jneid, Arka Chatterjee Source Type: research