Table 2 Comparison of hospital outcomes between patients who had surgical vs. transcatheter aortic valve replacement before and after matching (SAVR, surgical aortic valve replacement; TAVR, transcatheter aortic valve replacement)
From: Isolated surgical vs. transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a propensity score analysis
| Â | Unmatched | Matched | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SAVR (n = 293) | TAVR (n = 496) | p-value | SAVR (n = 53) | TAVR (n = 53) | p-value | |
Permanent pacemaker | 5/280 (1.79%) | 91 (18.35%) | Ë‚ 0.001 | 3/50 (6%) | 7/53 (13.21%) | 0.29 |
New atrial fibrillation | 17/282 (6.03%) | 18/496 (3.63%) | 0.12 | 8/49 (16.33%) | 0 | 0.01 |
Creatinine (mmol/L) | 79 (66–100) | 95 (76–127) | ˂ 0.001 | 84 (74–119) | 83 (67–105) | 0.64 |
Postprocedural myocardial infarction | 0 | 6 (1.21) | 0.09 | 0 | 2 (3.77%) | 0.50 |
ICU stay (d) | 1 (1–3) | 2 (1–4) | 0.37 | 2 (1–3) | 1 (1–4) | 0.72 |
Hospital stay (d) | 7 (6–12) | 4 (2–7) | ˂ 0.001 | 8 (6–14) | 2 (2–5) | ˂ 0.001 |
Hospital mortality | 8 (2.73%) | 18 (3.63%) | 0.49 | 2 (3.77%) | 3 (5.66%) | ˃ 0.99 |