Luis Nombela-Franco, María del Trigo, Guillermo Morrison-Polo, Gabriela Veiga, Pilar Jimenez-Quevedo, Omar Abdul-Jawad Altisent, Francisco Campelo-Parada, Corina Biagioni, Rishi Puri, Robert DeLarochellière, Eric Dumont, Daniel Doyle, Jean-Michel Paradis, Alicia Quirós, Carlos Almeria, Nieves Gonzalo, Ivan Nuñez-Gil, Pablo Salinas, Siamak Mohammadi, Javier Escaned, Antonio Fernández-Ortiz, Carlos Macaya, Josep Rodés-Cabau
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to determine the incidence, causes, and predictors of unplanned hospital readmissions after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). BACKGROUND: Data regarding unplanned hospital readmissions after TAVR in a real-world all-comers population are scarce. METHODS: A total of 720 consecutive patients undergoing TAVR at 2 centers who survived the procedure, were included. Median follow-up was 23 months (interquartile range [IQR]: 12 to 39 months), available in 99...
November 2015: JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions