Aortic Valve Predilatation with a Small Balloon, without Rapid Pacing, prior to Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population.
Baseline characteristics
Overall population
Age, yrs
80.8 ± 5.9
Female, (%)
25 (50)
BMI, kg/m2
27.3 ± 5.9
Diabetes, (%)
18 (32)
Dyslipidemia, (%)
32 (64)
Hypertension, (%)
45 (90)
Tobacco use, (%)
11 (22)
Coronary artery disease, (%)
35 (70)
Prior MI, (%)
3 (6)
Prior CABG, (%)
3 (6)
Prior PCI, (%)
19 (38)
Prior stroke or TIA, (%)
4 (8)
Peripheral vascular disease, (%)
7 (14)
COPD, (%)
7 (14)
Baseline creatinine, mg/dL
1.1 ± 0.3
Logistic EuroSCORE 2
5.6 ± 5.0
EuroSCORE
13.1 ± 8.8
LVEF, %
52.2 ± 12.5
Maximum aortic gradient, mmHg
65.2 ± 24.0
Mean aortic gradient, mmHg
39.9 ± 15.7
Aortic valve area, cm2
0.8 ± 0.2
Values are (%) or mean ± standard deviation. BMI = body mass index, MI = myocardial infarction; CABG = coronary artery bypass graft, PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention, TIA = transient ischemic attack, COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction.
