Significance of the age of transfused blood for prognosis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Polish Archives of Internal Medicine
Katarzyna Czerwińska-JelonkiewiczJanina Stępińska

Abstract

INTRODUCTION    Blood transfusion after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is frequently required owing to the high vulnerability of this patient group and procedure-related bleeding. OBJECTIVES    We assessed the impact of postprocedural blood transfusion and the age of transfused red blood cell (RBC) units on prognosis after TAVI. PATIENTS AND METHODS    This was a single-center, observational analysis conducted between the years 2009 and 2014. The adopted endpoints were early and long-term mortality after TAVI. The risk factors for mortality included in-hospital bleeding and vascular complications, the number of transfused RBC units, transfusion of at least 2 RBC units, the age of transfused RBCs, and standard deviation of the age of RBCs. RESULTS    The study included 178 patients (mean [SD] age, 80.07 [7.47] years; range, 55-91 years). The follow-up ranged between 1 month and 5.8 years (mean [SD], 20.1 [15.2] months) after discharge; 14 early deaths (7.8%) and 27 late deaths (16.5%) were noted. In-hospital bleeding and vascular complications increased the risk of early deaths (hazard ratio [HR], 2.113; 95% CI, 1.011-4.418; P = 0.046 and HR, 2.265; 95% CI, 1.270-4.039; P = 0.005). Transfusion of younger RBCs (HR...Continue Reading

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