Patients`and procedural characteristics.

TF-TAVI indicates transcatheter transfemoral aortic valve replacement; TA-TAVI, transcatheter transapical aortic valve replacement; MECC, minimized extracorporeal circulation; CECC, conventional extracorporeal circulation; BMI, body mass index; NYHA, New York Heart Association class; CAD, coronary artery disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Δp mean, mean transaortic gradient; ECC, extracorporeal circulation; IMC, intermediate care unit; ICU, intensive care unit; Post-op LOS, post-operative hospital length of stay; SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome.aDefinition according to guidelines [20].Values are number (percent), mean ± standard deviation or median with interquartile range. P Patients`and procedural characteristics.