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

Table 4

Health status.

Variable	TAVI patients (n = 99)	German population
Current general health condition
Good	62 (62.6)
Okay	31 (31.3)
Not good	6 (6.0)
Better after TAVI	93 (93.9)
EQ-5D (% of patients indicating a problem)
Mobility	85.4%	54.2%
Self-care	26.1%	16.0%
Usual activities	82.3%	33.8%
Pain/discomfort	52.1%	52.2%
Anxiety/depression	19.8%	6.6%
Utility score	0.80 ± 0.20	0.84 ± 0.14
VAS	58.49 ± 11.49	60.5 ± 20.3
NYHA functional class III to IV	56 (58.3)
NYHA function ≤III	40 (41.7)

Data are expected as absolute values (n) and percentages (%) or as mean ± SD. TAVI, transcatheter aortic valve implantation; AP, angina pectoris; NYHA, New York Heart Association. German population norms for the EQ-5D are stratified by age >75 years [26, 27]. EQ-5D, EuroQoL 5 dimensions; VAS, visual analogue score.