Research Article
Temporal Trends in Internal vs. External Referrals for TAVR in a Large Academic Center: Patients Characteristics and Outcomes
Table 2
Procedural outcomes of 491 consecutive patients undergoing TAVR.
| | | All | Internal | External | Others | value |
| | Valve in valve | 6% | 6% | 6% | 3% | 1.00 | | Moderate sedation | 61% | 56% | 66% | 56% | 0.03 | | Postmean gradient (mmHg) | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 0.80 | | Post-AVA (cm2) | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.79 | | Postmaximum velocity (m2) | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 0.40 | | Moderate or severe aortic insufficiency | 2% | 2% | 2% | 7% | 1.00 | | Alive discharge | 98% | 99% | 97% | 100% | 0.24 | | Discharge home | 86% | 89% | 80% | 100% | 0.01 |
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The value is in reference to comparison between internal and external referrals. |
