Same day discharge: How much less is more for TAVR patients?. Issue 5 (14th April 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Landes, Uri; Kornowski, Ran
• Is Part Of: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions. Volume 97:Issue 5(2021)
• Page Start: 948
• Page End: 949
• Publication Date: 2021-04-14
• Subjects: Heart -- Diseases -- Diagnosis -- Periodicals; Cardiac catheterization -- Periodicals; 616.1207572
• DOI: 10.1002/ccd.29658
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1522-1946

Abstract

Key Points: In a single‐center retrospective analysis, 29 same day discharge (SDD) Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) patients were treated and no patient had died or had a stroke event or needed a new pacemaker and/or experienced readmission to hospital at 30 days. SDD criteria should focus on patient characteristics and procedural factors, but also on social support, tight ambulatory follow‐up, and team consensus that hospital bed is no longer required. As TAVR continues to develop, we should ask ourselves: how much less is more for the TAVR patient?