| Quality of life in high-risk patients: comparison of transcatheter aortic valve implantation with surgical aortic valve replacement. | |
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PMID: 22531274 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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OBJECTIVES: To compare health-related quality of life (QoL) in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation via transapical access (TA TAVI) with patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). METHODS: One hundred and forty-four high-risk patients referred for aortic valve replacement underwent TAVI screening and were assigned to either TA TAVI (n = 51, age 79.7 ± 9.2 years, logistic EuroSCORE 26.5 ± 16.1%, 51% males) or SAVR (n = 93, age 81.1 ± 5.3 years, logistic EuroSCORE 12.1 ± 9.3%, 42% males) by the interdisciplinary heart team. QoL was assessed using the Short Form 36 (SF-36) Health Survey Questionnaire and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Furthermore, current living conditions and the degree of independence at home were evaluated. RESULTS: Patients undergoing TA TAVI were at higher risk as assessed by EuroSCORE (26.5 ± 16 vs. 12.1 ± 9, P < 0.001) and STS score (6.7 ± 4 vs. 4.4 ± 3, P < 0.001) compared with SAVR patients. At the 30-day follow-up, the rate of mortality was similar and amounted to 7.8% for TA TAVI and 7.5% for SAVR patients and raised to 25.5% in TA TAVI and 18.3% in SAVR patients after a follow-up period of 15 ± 10 months. Assessment of QoL revealed no differences in terms of anxiety and depression between TA TAVI and SAVR patients. The SF-36 mental health metascore was similar in both groups (65.6 ± 19 vs. 68.8 ± 22, P = 0.29), while a significant difference was observed in the physical health metascore (49.7 ± 21 vs. 62.0 ± 21, P = 0.015). After adjustment for baseline characteristics, this difference disappeared. However, every added point in the preoperative risk assessment with the STS score decreased the SF-36 physical health dimension by two raw points at the follow up assessment. CONCLUSIONS: Selected high-risk patients undergoing TAVI by using a transapical access achieve similar clinical outcomes and QoL compared with patients undergoing SAVR. Increased STS scores predict worse QoL outcomes. |
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Kathrin Amonn; Stefan Stortecky; Henriette Brinks; Brigitta Gahl; Stephan Windecker; Peter Wenaweser; Thierry Carrel; Christoph Huber |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-4-24 |
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Title: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery Volume: - ISSN: 1873-734X ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Apr |
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Created Date: 2012-4-25 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8804069 Medline TA: Eur J Cardiothorac Surg Country: - |
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Swiss Cardiovascular Centre, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. |
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