Table 3

Events occurring during follow-up after TAVI

EventsAll patients
n=123
Dead
n=77
Alive
n=45
Severe bleeding981
Ischaemic stroke12 (9.8)9 (11.7)3 (6.5)
Haemorrhagic stroke4 (3.3)4 (5.2)0
Infective endocarditis3 (2.4)3 (3.9)0
Pacemaker implantation18 (14.6)9 (11.7)9 (19.6)
Rehospitalisation
 All cause96 (78)70 (90.9)26 (56.5)
 Cardiac42 (43.7)3012
 Non-cardiac54 (56.3)4014
Death
 All cause77 (62.6)770
 Cardiac25 (32.5)25
 Non cardiac44 (57.1)44
 Unknown8 (10.4)8
NYHA III–IV at last follow-up40 (32.5)28 (37.8)12 (26.1)
  • Data are presented as n (%).

  • NYHA, New York Heart Association; TAVI, transcatheter aortic valve implantation.