Bicuspid aortic valve increases risk of permanent pacemaker implant following aortic root replacement [ADULT CARDIAC]

CONCLUSIONS
Significantly higher incidence of PPM implantation or LBBB may exist after ARR in bicuspid patients and BAV was confirmed to be an independent predictor for postoperative conduction disturbances by multivariable regression.

Source: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery - August 30, 2016 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Guglielmetti, L., Nazif, T., Sorabella, R., Akkoc, D., Kantor, A., Gomez, A., Wang, C., Takayama, H., Dizon, J., Borger, M., George, I. Tags: Myocardial infarction, Pericardium, Basic research vascular ADULT CARDIAC Source Type: research