7-Year experience of transcatheter aortic valve implants (TAVI) in a Western Cape private healthcare setting
dc.contributor.author | Weich, Hellmuth | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Liebenberg, Jacques | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Van Wyk, Jacques | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Vivier, Rocco | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Barnard, Barry | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Abelson, Mark | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Phillips, Andre | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Mabin, Tom | en_ZA |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-27T06:40:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-03-27T06:40:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.description | CITATION: Weich, H., et al. 2019. 7-Year experience of transcatheter aortic valve implants (TAVI) in a Western Cape private healthcare setting. SA Heart, 16(1):6-12, doi:10.24170/16-1-3406. | |
dc.description | The original publication is available at http://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/SAHJ | |
dc.description.abstract | Introduction: We describe the largest South African transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) outcome report of a single team in the Western Cape, over a 7-year period from 2009 - 2016. Methods: All patients who received TAVI at Mediclinic Vergelegen and Mediclinic Panorama were prospectively entered into a database. A total of 244 implants (61 CoreValve and 183 Edwards valves) were performed. Results: Patients were high risk with a mean STS score of 7.89 (standard deviation (SD) 5.7) and mean logistic EuroSCORE of 26.5 (SD 12.5). There was a trend toward lower risk over time. Procedures were initially performed mainly via a transapical approach, but this changed to mostly transfemoral with the introduction of smaller delivery systems. Procedural success rate was 91.8% for CoreValve and 88.5% for Edwards cases. Mean length of hospital stay following TAVI was 9 days initially, but this declined to 4 days for the latter part of our experience. One year mortality was 19% and one year stroke rate was 10%. Conclusion: Despite the limitations of a study of this nature, our group could document outcomes similar to international studies, with improvements over time and illustrating successful cooperation between different hospitals to expand exposure and experience in a resource-constrained environment. | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/SAHJ/article/view/3406 | |
dc.description.version | Publisher's version | |
dc.format.extent | 7 pages | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Weich, H., et al. 2019. 7-Year experience of transcatheter aortic valve implants (TAVI) in a Western Cape private healthcare setting. SA Heart, 16(1):6-12, doi:10.24170/16-1-3406 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2071-4602 (online) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1996-6741 (print) | |
dc.identifier.other | doi:10.24170/16-1-3406 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/105554 | |
dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | South African Heart Association | en_ZA |
dc.rights.holder | Authors retain copyright | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Catheters | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Aortic valve -- Implants | en_ZA |
dc.title | 7-Year experience of transcatheter aortic valve implants (TAVI) in a Western Cape private healthcare setting | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |