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World J Cardiol. Jul 26, 2024; 16(7): 402-411
Published online Jul 26, 2024. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v16.i7.402
Published online Jul 26, 2024. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v16.i7.402
Table 1 The baseline characteristics of the patients who were readmitted, and those who were not readmitted during index admission, n (%)
| Patient population | Patients underwent TAVR and were discharged alive with no readmission in 90 days (n = 16483) (67.6) | Patients underwent TAVR and were discharged alive with readmission in 90 days (n = 7892) (32.4) | P value |
| 18-44 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.2890 |
| 45-64 | 544 (3.3) | 229 (2.9) | |
| ≥ 65 | 15939 (96.7) | 7663 (97.1) | |
| Female | 6478 (39.3) | 3354 (42.5) | 0.0018 |
| Male | 10005 (60.7) | 4538 (57.5) | |
| Insurance status | |||
| Medicaid | 15395 (93.4) | 7426 (94.1) | 0.5559 |
| Medicare | 164 (1.0) | 71 (0.9) | |
| Private | 890 (5.4) | 379 (4.8) | |
| Self-pay | 33 (0.2) | 16 (0.2) | |
| Length of stay | |||
| Less than 3 days | 10285 (62.4) | 3528 (44.7) | < 0.001 |
| 3 to 6 days | 3065 (18.6) | 1618 (20.5) | |
| More than 6 days | 3131 (19.0) | 2746 (34.8) | |
| Hospital bed size | |||
| Small | 807 (4.9) | 379 (4.8) | 0.9935 |
| Medium | 3955 (24.0) | 1894 (24.0) | |
| Large | 11719 (71.1) | 5619 (71.2) | |
| Teaching hospital | 14653 (88.9) | 7000 (88.7) | 0.7673 |
| Non-teaching hospital | 1830 (11.1) | 892 (11.3) | |
| Urban hospital | 16335 (99.1) | 7805 (98.9) | 0.3680 |
| Rural hospital | 148 (0.9) | 87 (1.1) | |
| CCI | |||
| No comorbidity | 1830 (11.1) | 1634 (20.7) | < 0.001 |
| 1 comorbidity | 5011 (30.4) | 1847 (23.4) | |
| 2 comorbidities | 5357 (32.5) | 1515 (19.2) | |
| ≥ 3 comorbidities | 4286 (26.0) | 2896 (36.7) | |
| Median household income | |||
| First quartile ($1-$49999) | 3395 (20.6) | 1673 (21.2) | 0.3420 |
| Second quartile ($50000-$64999) | 4928 (29.9) | 2352 (29.8) | |
| Third quartile ($65000-$85999) | 4401 (26.7) | 2186 (27.7) | |
| Fourth quartile ($86000+) | 3758 (22.8) | 1681 (21.3) | |
| Hypertension | 181 (1.1) | 79 (1.0) | 0.9876 |
| Congestive heart failure | 13104 (79.5) | 6740 (85.4) | < 0.001 |
| Coronary artery disease | 12329 (74.8) | 5974 (75.7) | 0.3283 |
| History of cerebrovascular accidents | 462 (2.8) | 260 (3.3) | 0.2142 |
| Malnutrition | 429 (2.6) | 355 (4.5) | < 0.001 |
| COPD | 3841 (23.3) | 2210 (28.0) | < 0.001 |
| Obesity | 4055 (24.6) | 2036 (25.8) | 0.2091 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 7731 (46.9) | 4175 (52.9) | < 0.001 |
| Dyslipidemia | 12873 (78.1) | 5769 (73.1) | < 0.001 |
| Cancer | 1071 (6.5) | 805 (10.2) | < 0.001 |
| Anemia | 6214 (37.7) | 3891 (49.3) | < 0.001 |
| Smoking | 6560 (39.8) | 3038 (38.5) | 0.2631 |
| Peripheral arterial disease | 1747 (10.6) | 971 (12.3) | 0.0133 |
| Cirrhosis | 280 (1.7) | 174 (2.2) | 0.0745 |
| Alcohol abuse | 165 (1.0) | 95 (1.2) | 0.1668 |
| Atrial fibrillation or flutter | 4104 (24.9) | 2636 (33.4) | < 0.001 |
| Vascular complications | 577 (3.5) | 450 (5.7) | < 0.001 |
| Pericardial complications | 82 (0.5) | 110 (1.4) | < 0.001 |
| Cardiac complications | 346 (2.1) | 316 (4) | < 0.001 |
| Respiratory complications | 214 (1.3) | 189 (2.4) | < 0.001 |
| Infectious complications | 742 (4.5) | 576 (7.3) | < 0.001 |
| Gastrointestinal complications | 143 (0.87) | 77 (0.97) | 0.4053 |
| Neurological complications | 59 (0.36) | 36 (0.46) | 0.3743 |
| Skin related complications | 138 (0.84) | 118 (1.5) | 0.0012 |
| Cardiac tamponade | 59 (0.36) | 70 (0.89) | 0.0001 |
| Post operative bleeding | 155 (0.94) | 89 (1.13) | 0.4053 |
- Citation: Teaima T, Carlini GB, Gajjar RA, Aziz I, Shoura SJ, Shilbayeh AR, Battikh N, Alyousef T. Rates, predictors, and causes of readmission after transcatheter aortic valve replacement in patients with chronic kidney disease. World J Cardiol 2024; 16(7): 402-411
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- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4330/wjc.v16.i7.402