Long-Term Outcomes in Patients With New Permanent Pacemaker Implantation Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Conclusions The need for PPI post-TAVR was frequent and associated with an increased risk of heart failure rehospitalization and lack of LVEF improvement, but not mortality, after a median follow-up of 4 years. Most patients with new PPI post-TAVR exhibited some degree of pacing activity at follow-up.

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Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions - February 5, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Chamandi, C., Barbanti, M., Munoz-Garcia, A., Latib, A., Nombela-Franco, L., Gutierrez-Ibanez, E., Veiga-Fernandez, G., Cheema, A. N., Cruz-Gonzalez, I., Serra, V., Tamburino, C., Mangieri, A., Colombo, A., Jimenez-Quevedo, P., Elizaga, J., Laughlin, G., Tags: Structural Source Type: research