Will a Conservative Case Selection Strategy Improve Hospital-Level TAVR Performance Metrics?
Hospital-level, risk-adjusted TAVR outcomes did not consistently improve with simulated strategies of avoiding the highest-risk cases. Operators and centers can be reassured that they can continue to offer TAVR to high-risk patients, as clinically indicated, without the sole focus on being penalized via quality measures.
Authors
- Dharam J. Kumbhani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4321-4538)
- Andrzej S. Kosinski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4151-5185)
- Ann Marie Návar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6197-9860)
- Pratik Manandhar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8294-7147)
- Joseph Leo Brothers
- Eric David Peterson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5415-4721)
- Sreekanth Vemulapalli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1599-2957)
- Ahmed A. Kolkailah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3327-1718)
Institutions
- Brown University (US)
- Clinical Research Institute (US)
- Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- Duke Medical Center (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions
- Published
- 2025-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1161/circinterventions.125.015273
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00