Performance of Surgical Risk Scores to Predict Mortality after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Abstract Background: Predicting mortality in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) remains a challenge. Objectives: To evaluate the performance of 5 risk scores for cardiac surgery in predicting the 30-day mortality among patients of the Brazilian Registry of TAVI. Metho...

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Main Authors: Leonardo Sinnott Silva, Paulo Ricardo Avancini Caramori, Antonio Carlos Bacelar Nunes Filho, Marcelo Katz, João Carlos Vieira da Costa Guaragna, Pedro Lemos, Valter Lima, Alexandre Abizaid, Flavio Tarasoutchi, Fabio S. de Brito Jr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2015-01-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2015005050084&lng=en&tlng=en