Ventilatory Efficacy After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Predicts Mortality and Heart Failure Events in Elderly Patients.

CONCLUSIONS: In elderly patients, lower ventilatory efficacy post-TAVR is a predictor of death and HF hospitalization, reflecting lower cardiac output at peak exercise.
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Source: Circulation Journal - August 28, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Murata M, Adachi H, Nakade T, Miyaishi Y, Kan H, Okonogi S, Kuribara J, Yamashita E, Kawaguchi R, Ezure M Tags: Circ J Source Type: research