Background: Approximately 20,000 permanent pacemakers (PPMs) are implanted annually for bradycardia or atrioventricular (AV) block after cardiac surgery. Little is known about the long-term pacing and ...

Background: The incidence of conduction disease requiring permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation following aortic valve replacement (AVR) ranges from 3% to 6%. Data concerning the potential risks for ...

PARIS, France—In patients who develop conduction abnormalities in conjunction with TAVI, attaching a permanent pacemaker (PPM) outside the body for 1 month may be a temporary solution that enables ...

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Implantation of a permanent pacemaker (PPM) in the 30 days after TAVI isn’t associated with worse long-term survival or higher risk of heart failure or endocarditis, according to a new analysis of the ...

Among Medicare beneficiaries, implantation was especially frequent for female patients and those undergoing tricuspid valve replacement with or without concomitant left-sided heart surgeries.

Bradycardia and a pectoralis twitch in a pacemaker patient Surgery is required for a woman whose right ventricle was perforated by the tip on the lead of her permanent pacemaker. Ms. K, age 50 years, ...

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