Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair in Surgical High-Risk Patients: Gender-Specific Acute and Long-Term Outcomes

Table 8

Hazard ratios for future death and rehospitalization for heart failure in women.

	Panel A		Panel B
Variable	Stepwise backward regression analysis		Multivariate cox regression analysis
	HR (95% CI)	value	HR (95% CI)	value
Predictors of death
Age (years)	1.05 (1.01–1.08)	0.0070	1.03 (1.00–1.06)	0.032
Ischemic cardiomyopathy	2.26 (1.11–4.62)	0.025	2.25 (1.17–4.34)	0.015
Dilative cardiomyopathy	2.61 (1.29–5.27)	0.0075	2.18 (1.11–4.28)	0.024
NT-proBNP (log)	1.71 (1.27–2.30)	<0.001	1.90 (1.44–2.50)	<0.001
Predictors of rehospitalization
MR severity, 4 versus 3	1.77 (0.93–3.39)	0.083	1.93 (1.04–3.60)	0.037
Logistic EuroSCORE	1.02 (1.00–1.03)	0.023	1.02 (1.00–1.03)	0.030
Ischemic cardiomyopathy	2.63 (1.22–5.67)	0.013	2.38 (1.14–4.98)	0.021
Dilative cardiomyopathy	3.44 (1.53–7.72)	0.0027	3.39 (1.57–7.30)	0.0018

Multivariate cox regression analysis adjusted for significant predictors from stepwise backward regression analysis. CI = confidence interval.