Association Between Hospital Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Volume and 30-Day Readmissions
Document Type
Abstract
Publication Date
May 2017
DOI
10.1002/ccd.27053
Journal Title
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
Department
Medicine
Second Department
Surgery
Abstract
Background: The association between institutional transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) volume and readmissions has not been examined. Methods: We used the 2014 Nationwide Readmissions Database to identify hospitals with established TAVR programs (performed at least 5 TAVRs in the first quarter of 2014). Based on the annual TAVR volume, hospitals were classified as low (
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
Recommended Citation
Kolte, D., Khera, S., Gupta, T., Goldsweig, A., Velagapudi, P., Aronow, W. S., Tang, G., Fonarow, G., Bhatt, D., Aronow, H., Gordon, P., Sharaf, B., & Abbott, J. (2017). Association Between Hospital Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Volume and 30-Day Readmissions. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, 89 (Suppl. S2), S5-S6. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.27053
