Cardiovascular Business (12/9, Walter ) reports, “Long-term survival after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is much less likely when patients report feeling depressed prior to treatment, according to a new analysis.” Investigators “tracked registry data from 499 patients who underwent transfemoral TAVR at a single facility from 2016 to 2020.” The researchers found that “at that three-year mark, the mortality rates were much higher for patients with depression (34%) than those without depression (22.2%).” The findings were published in JACC: Advances.
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— “TAVR survival less likely when patients are depressed,” Michael Walter, Cardiovascular Business, December 9, 2024