Research Article
Incidental Findings Diagnosed during Preprocedural Evaluation of TAVR
Table 1
Baseline characteristics.
| | Patients (n) |
| Age | 76.9 years (range 51 to 94 years) | Sex | | Women | 98 (63.6%) | Men | 56 (36.4%) | Coronary heart disease | 84 (54%) | Hypertension | 103 (66.6%) | Diabetes mellitus | 43 (28%) | Chronic obstructive lung disease | 35 (22.2%) | Chronic kidney disease | 62 (40%) | Cerebrovascular event | 18 (11%) | Peripheric artery disease | 7 (4%) | Atrial fibrillation | 34 (22%) | Ejection fraction | 49% (range 15% to 74%) | Mean aortic valve area | 0.74 (range 0.4 to 1.0) | MVR | 8 (1%) | Bioprosthesis | 2 | Metallic | 6 |
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Excluded the patients with severe aortic regurgitation |