Research Article

Prevalence of Posttranscatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Vascular Complications in Real Life

Table 2

Characteristics of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedures.

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

TAVI indication (N, %)<0.001
Severe aortic stenosis986 (93.5)180 (90.5)806 (94.2)
Others (aortic regurgitation/prosthetic valve degeneration)69 (6.6)19 (9.5)50 (5.8)

Right access site (N, %)949 (90)171 (85.9)778 (90.9)0.03

Introducer sheath size (N, %)
14 Fr632 (59.9)101 (50.8)531 (62)0.04
16 Fr329 (31.2)75 (37.7)254 (29.7)
18 Fr84 (8)20 (10.1)64 (7.5)
20 Fr10 (0.9)3 (1.5)7 (0.8)

Valve types (N, %)0.17
Edwards SAPIEN538 (51)96 (48.2)442 (51.6)
CoreValve Evolut466 (44.2)98 (49.2)368 (43)
ACURATE51 (4.8)5 (2.5)46 (5.4)

Valve size (N, %)0.7
≤25277 (26.3)50 (25.1)227 (26.5)
]25–30]687 (65.1)129 (64.8)558 (65.2)
>3091 (8.6)20 (10.1)71 (8.3)

Procedure duration (N, %)<0.001
≤60 min154 (14.6)22 (11.1)132 (15.4)
]60–120] min864 (81.9)159 (79.9)705 (82.4)
>120 min37 (3.5)18 (9)19 (2.2)