Research Article

30-Day and 1-Year Mortality after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: The Impact of Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty as a Bridging Therapy in a Portuguese Tertiary Center

Table 3

Results from univariate and multivariate Cox models at 30-day and 1-year all-cause mortality between groups.

Variables30-day all-cause mortality1-year all-cause mortality
Univariate analysisMultivariate analysisUnivariate analysisMultivariate analysis
HR95% CIHR95% CIHR95% CIHR95% CI

BAV5.19(2.30-11.7)3.82(1.67–8.73)2.55(1.28–5.05)1.99(1.00–3.98)
Male1.42(0.75–2.69)1.21(0.81–1.80)
Atrial fibrillation2.49(1.34–4.58)2.05(1.11–3.82)2.38(1.61–3.51)2.03(1.36–3.02)
EuroScore II1.06(1.03–1.08)1.05(1.02–1.08)1.05(1.03–1.07)1.05(1.03–1.07)
STS score1.01(1.0–1.02)1.01(1.002–1.02)
LVEF <40%1.44(0.60–3.42)1.88(1.13–3.13)

BAV, balloon aortic valvuloplasty; CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; STS, Society of Thoracic Surgeons.