Does pacemaker implantation within 30 days after TAVR impact long-term overall and cardiovascular mortality?
Pacemaker implantation within 30 days post-TAVR is associated with significantly higher long-term overall and cardiovascular mortality up to 10 years.
In this large nationwide registry, patients receiving PM implantation within 30 days after TAVR had significantly higher rates of overall and cardiovascular mortality up to 10 years. (SwissTAVI Registry; NCT01368250).
Badertscher et al. (Wed,) studied this question.
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