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AIMS: To analyse reasons, timing and predictors of hospital readmissions after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). METHODS AND RESULTS: Patients included in the Bern TAVI Registry between August 2007 and June 2014 were analysed. Fine and Gray competing risk regression was used to identify factors predictive of hospital readmission within 1 year after TAVI with bootstrap analysis for internal validation. Of 868 patients alive at discharge, 221 (25.4%) were readmitted within 1 year. Compared with patients not requiring readmission, those with at least one readmission more frequently were male and more often had atrial fibrillation and higher creatinine values (P 

Original publication

DOI

10.1093/eurheartj/ehx182

Type

Journal article

Journal

Eur Heart J

Publication Date

21/07/2017

Volume

38

Pages

2211 - 2217

Keywords

Hospital readmission, Predictors, Transcatheter aortic valve implantation, Acute Kidney Injury, Aged, 80 and over, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Cardiovascular Diseases, Female, Humans, Length of Stay, Male, Patient Readmission, Postoperative Complications, Prognosis, Prospective Studies, Registries, Regression Analysis, Switzerland, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement