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

Table 3

Early clinical outcomes.

Variable	n (%)
Procedural and in-hospital outcomes
In-hospital mortality	44 (9.2)
New-onset left bundle branch block	21 (20.4)
Need for pacemaker implantation	13 (12.6)
New-onset atrial fibrillation or flatter post-TAVI	13 (12.6)
Coronary obstruction	0 (0)
Ventricular perforation with tamponade	3 (2.9)
Need for second valve	1 (1.0)
Stroke, n (%)	1 (1)
Major vascular complication, n (%)	2 (1.9)
Minor vascular complication, n (%)	13 (12.7)
Bleeding, n (%)
Major	6 (5.8)
AKI, n (%)
Stage 1	2 (1.9)
Stage 2	3 (2.9)
Stage 3	2 (1.9)

Data are expressed as absolute values (n) and percentages (%). AKI, acute kidney injury; as defined in the VARC-2 criteria, valve academic research consortium.