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ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2024

Clinical Outcomes in Relation to Total Hospital Surgical and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Volumes.

Ayman Elbadawi, Amr Mohamed, Ramy Sedhom, Lisardo Garcia, Ambarish Pandey, Saket Girotra, Anthony Bavry, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Dharam J Kumbhani

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Article in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Ayman ElbadawiDivision of Cardiology Christus Good Shepherd Medical Center Longview TX.ORCID 0000-0002-4248-781X
Amr MohamedDivision of Cardiology Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburg PA.ORCID 0000-0003-1547-5941
Ramy SedhomDivision of Cardiology Loma Linda University Loma Linda CA.ORCID 0000-0002-9395-0851
Lisardo GarciaDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery Christus Good Shepherd Medical Center Longview TX.
Ambarish PandeyDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine University of Texas Southwestern Dallas TX.ORCID 0000-0001-9651-3836
Saket GirotraDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine University of Texas Southwestern Dallas TX.ORCID 0000-0002-4784-4513
Anthony BavryDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine University of Texas Southwestern Dallas TX.ORCID 0000-0002-3731-1457
Sreekanth VemulapalliDuke Clinical Research Institute Durham NC.ORCID 0000-0003-1599-2957
Dharam J KumbhaniDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine University of Texas Southwestern Dallas TX.ORCID 0000-0003-4321-4538

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is a paucity of data regarding the relationship between overall hospital volumes for total aortic valve replacement (AVR; transcatheter AVR [TAVR] or surgical AVR [SAVR]) and patient outcomes. METHODS AND

resultsWe queried the 2019 Nationwide Readmission Database for patients undergoing AVR. Based on procedural volumes of TAVR or SAVR, we classified hospitals as high (≥50th percentile) or low (<50th percentile) volume centers and categorized hospitals as high TAVR/high SAVR, high TAVR/low SAVR, high SAVR/low TAVR, and low TAVR/low SAVR. Multivariable regression models were employed. The main study outcomes were in-hospital mortality and 30-day readmission after total AVR. Our final analysis included 72 123 patients undergoing AVR at 400 hospitals across the United States. The median (interquartile range) hospital procedural volumes for total AVR, TAVR, and SAVR were 137 (86-210), 82 (50-127), and 56 (31-87) procedures, respectively. There was an inverse correlation between hospital procedural volumes of AVR, TAVR, or SAVR and in-hospital mortality after total AVR but not with 30-day readmission. Using high TAVR/high SAVR hospitals as reference, there was higher in-hospital mortality after total AVR among low TAVR/low SAVR hospitals (adjusted odds ratio [OR], 1.29 [95% CI, 1.07-1.56]) but similar in-hospital mortality among high TAVR/low SAVR hospitals and low TAVR/high SAVR volumes. There was no difference in 30-day readmission rates after total AVR among the 4 hospital categories.

conclusionsNationwide data revealed that in-hospital mortality after total AVR (SAVR or TAVR) is inversely related to hospital total volumes of AVR. Patients with aortic stenosis have better outcomes if they are managed among experienced centers with high case volumes of both TAVR and SAVR.

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Aortic Valve StenosisHospital MortalityHospitals, High-VolumeHospitals, Low-VolumePatient ReadmissionTranscatheter Aortic Valve ReplacementAgedAged, 80 and overAortic ValveDatabases, FactualFemaleHeart Valve Prosthesis ImplantationHumansMalePostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective Studiesaortic valve replacementprocedural volumeSAVRTAVR

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PMID39291503
PMCPMC11681448

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