Clinical Study

Life beyond 5 Years after TAVI: Patients’ Perceived Health Status and Long-Term Outcome after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Table 2

Procedural characteristics.

Variablen (%)

Valve type
Edward bioprosthesis60 (58.8)
CoreValve41 (40.2)
JenaValve1 (1.0)

Access, n (%)
Transfemoral68 (65.0)
Transapical35 (35.0)
Prosthesis after dilatation, n (%)13 (12.7)
Valve-in-valve, n (%)5 (5.0)

Prosthesis diameter, n (%)
23 mm22 (21.6)
25 mm1 (1.0)
26 mm51 (50.0)
29 mm26 (25.5)
31 mm2 (2.0)

Anaesthesia
Local64 (62.1)
General39 (37.9)

Data are expected as absolute values (n) and percentages (%).