Does Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) improve health status in an unselected population?
In a real-world national cohort, TAVR improved health status similarly to pivotal trials, though 1 in 3 patients still had poor outcomes at 1 year.
In a national, contemporary clinical practice cohort of unselected patients, improvement in health status after TAVR was similar to that seen in the pivotal clinical trials. Although the health status results were favorable for most patients, approximately 1 in 3 still had a poor outcome 1 year after TAVR. Continued efforts are needed to improve patient selection and procedural/postprocedural care to maximize health status outcomes of this evolving therapy.
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