Distressed Communities Index in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in an Affluent County in New York

Table 2

Clinical testing.

	Distress index <10 (n = 73)	Distress index 10–20 (n = 81)	Distress index 20–30 (n = 80)	Distress index >30 (n = 52)	value
Echocardiogram
Aortic valve area (cm^2)	0.71 ± 0.17	0.71 ± 0.20	0.77 ± 0.21	0.76 ± 0.19	0.146
Aortic valve area index (cm^2/m^2)	0.38 ± 0.10	0.38 ± 0.11	0.45 ± 0.39	0.43 ± 0.12	0.134
Left ventricular ejection fraction (%)	56 ± 17	54 ± 14	54 ± 15	58 ± 15	0.623
Gated computed tomography
Aortic annulus area (mm^2)	447 ± 75	468 ± 95	440 ± 101	408 ± 109	0.010
Aortic annulus perimeter (mm)	77 ± 10	79 ± 9	77 ± 9	73 ± 11	0.018