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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

Prognostic Impact of Polypharmacy following Trans-Catheter Aortic Valve Replacement.

Teruhiko Imamura, Nikhil Narang, Ryuichi Ushijima, Mitsuo Sobajima, Nobuyuki Fukuda, Hiroshi Ueno, Koichiro Kinugawa

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Teruhiko ImamuraThe Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7294-7637
Nikhil NarangAdvocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL 60453, USA.
Ryuichi UshijimaThe Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.
Mitsuo SobajimaThe Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.
Nobuyuki FukudaThe Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.
Hiroshi UenoThe Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9747-2511
Koichiro KinugawaThe Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan.
University of Toyama · JPAdvocate Christ Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPolypharmacy in elderly patients with various comorbidities is associated with mortality and morbidity. However, the prognostic impact of polypharmacy in patients with severe aortic stenosis receiving trans-catheter aortic valve replacement remains unknown.

methodsPatients with severe aortic stenosis who received trans-catheter aortic valve replacement between 2015 and 2022 and were followed up at our institute following index discharge were included in this retrospective study. The impact of polypharmacy, which was defined as medication numbers ≥10 at index discharge, upon 2-year all-cause death was investigated.

resultsA total of 345 patients (median age 85 [83, 89] years old, 99 (29%) men) were included. Median medication number was 9 (7, 10) at the index discharge and 88 (26%) were classified as receiving polypharmacy. Frailty index, including mini-mental state examination and CSHA score, were not significantly different between those with and without polypharmacy (

conclusionsIn elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis, polypharmacy was associated with worse short-term survival following trans-catheter aortic valve replacement. Prognostic implication of aggressive intervention to decrease the amount of medication among those receiving TAVR requires further prospective studies.

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aortic valve diseaseheart failurehemodynamicsmedication

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PMID37048681
PMCPMC10095291
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