Impact of Neighborhood Social Deprivation on Delays to Access for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Wait‐Times and Clinical Consequences
Aida Zaheer,
Feng Qiu,
Ragavie Manoragavan
et al.
Abstract:Background
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has become the standard of care for severe aortic stenosis treatment. Exponential growth in demand has led to prolonged wait times and adverse patient outcomes. Social marginalization may contribute to adverse outcomes. Our objective was to examine the association between different measures of neighborhood‐level marginalization and patient outcomes while on the TAVR waiting list. A secondary objective was to understand if sex modifies this re… Show more
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