Prognostic impact of cancer history in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation

The benefit of TAVI in cancer patients is currently unclear. The purpose of this study is to investigate prognostic impact of cancer status (active cancer or previous cancer) in severe aortic stenosis (AS) patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Consecutive TAVI patients in the Heart Center Bonn were enrolled and we stratified the patients into three groups: current cancer (active cancer), non-current cancer (previous...