COMPARATIVE OUTCOMES OF TRANSFEMORAL VERSUS TRANSAPICAL TAVI: A PROPENSITY-MATCHED ANALYSIS

There are few contemporary data on differences in in-hospital outcomes associated with transfemoral (TF) vs. transapical (TA) approach for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). We used the National Inpatient Sample 2011 - 2014 to identify hospitalizations for isolated TAVR using ICD-9