Impact of lung diseases on morbidity and mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Insights from spirometry and body plethysmography

In patients undergoing TAVI, lung diseases are an independent predictor of all-cause mortality. In particular, oxygen dependency patients and patients with severe COPD and noninvasive ventilation indicate a dismal prognosis. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation seems to have a dubious prognostic benefit in these patients.