Silver Book Fact
Improvements in QoL from TAVR in SAS patients
Symptomatic aortic stenosis (SAS) patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) experienced quality of life (QoL) improvements from 5.3 at baseline (10 point scale with 10=best imaginable health state) to 6.7 at one year, and 7.4 at four years post procedure.
Kovac J, Schuler G, Gerckens U, Muller R, et al. Four-Year Experience with CoreValve Transcatheter Heart Valve. EuroInterven. 2016; 12(8): 1039-46. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27159659/