Impact of Pacemaker Implantation on 12-Month Resource Utilization Following TAVR Hospitalization

Abstract

Purpose: This study reports resource utilization during a Medicare Benefi ciary's (MBs) Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) index hospitalization and all subsequent encounters for 12 months and compares data between MBs who did or did not receive a pacemaker implantation (PPM) during their index hospitalization.

Válvula aórtica bicúspide: El prolapso y la calcificación valvular aórtica son marcadores de disfunción valvular significativa y de eventos cardiovasculares mayores a 5 años

“…(11) In the United States, the annual incidence of aortic valve replacement surgery is 8.33 per 100,000 Medicare beneficiaries under 65 years. (12) In the same work, the total annual incidence of aortic valve interventions was 88.9 per 100,000 Medicare beneficiaries (including transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and elderly patients). ( 12) Compared with these values, we can say that patients with BAV have a much higher incidence of valve replacement than the general population.…”