An Analysis of Patient Recovery and Opinions on Driving Post–Transcatheter Aortic Valve Insertion (TAVI): the TAVI-D Study

With calculated population on-the-road risks of harm well below the established Canadian Cardiovascular Society threshold of 0.005% (1 of 20,000), we propose shortening noncommercial driving restrictions, to 48 hours for patients with successful uncomplicated transfemoral TAVI without conduction disturbances, and to 2 weeks for those with asymptomatic conduction abnormalities who do not receive a pacemaker.