Research Article

Prevalence of Posttranscatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Vascular Complications in Real Life

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the studied population.

Whole population (N = 1055)Post-TAVI vascular complication group (N = 199)Post-TAVI without vascular complication group (N = 856) value

Age (mean ± SD)84.4 ± 6.984.8 ± 7.384.3 ± 6.90.31

Sex (N, %)
 Male506 (48)97 (48.7)409 (47.8)0.8

CVRF (N, %)
 Systemic hypertension733 (69.5)150 (75.4)538 (68.3)0.04
 Diabetes mellitus289 (27.4)58 (29.1)231 (27)0.53
 Dyslipidemia450 (42.7)91 (45.7)359 (41.9)0.33
 Smoker22 (2.1)7 (3.5)15 (1.8)0.11

NYHA class (N, %)0.08
 I16 (1.5)3 (1.5)13 (1.5)
 II574 (54.4)124 (62.3)450 (52.6)
 III415 (39.3)63 (31.7)352 (41.1)
 IV50 (4.7)9 (4.5)41 (4.8)

Previous medical history (N, %)
Myocardial infarction86 (8.2)15 (7.5)71 (8.3)0.72
PCI209 (19.8)38 (19.1)171 (20)0.77
Valvuloplasty118 (11.2)29 (14.6)89 (10.4)0.09
CABG63 (6)11 (5.5)52 (6.1)0.76
Stroke110 (10.4)20 (10.1)90 (10.5)0.84
Peripheral artery disease78 (7.4)11 (5.5)67 (7.8)0.26
Carotid artery disease37 (3.5)10 (5)27 (3.2)0.19
Atrial fibrillation399 (37.8)71 (35.7)328 (38.3)0.48
Chronic respiratory disease188 (17.8)30 (15.1)158 (18.5)0.26

Antithrombotic therapy (N, %)
Single antiplatelet279 (26.4)61 (30.7)218 (25.5)0.13
Dual antiplatelet208 (19.7)31 (15.6)177 (20.7)0.1
Oral anticoagulant256 (24.3)48 (24.1)208 (24.3)0.95
Anticoagulant + antiplatelet111 (10.5)18 (9)93 (10.9)0.45

Renal replacement therapy (N, %)19 (1.8)3 (1.5)16 (1.9)0.73
BMI (mean ± SD)26 ± 4.826.6 ± 6.225.9 ± 4.70.06
EuroSCORE1 (mean ± SD)14.2 ± 9.914.6 ± 10.914.1 ± 9.70.51
STS-PROM (mean ± SD)6 ± 5.56.1 ± 55.9 ± 5.50.78

TAVI: transcatheter aortic valve implantation; CVRF: cardiovascular risk factors; NYHA: New York Heart Association; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG: coronary artery bypass graft; BMI: body mass index.