Permanent pacing and conduction recovery in patients undergoing cardiac surgery for active infective endocarditis in an Australian Tertiary Center.

Ahmed M Al-KaiseyNikhil ChandraFrancis J HaYasir M Al-KaiseySheran VasanthakumarAnoop N KoshyRobert D AndersonMichelle OrdPiyush M SrivastavaDavid O'DonnellHan S LimGeorge MatalanisAndrew W Teh

Published in: Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (2019)

Postoperative PPM was required in 11% of patients undergoing surgery for IE over a 16-year period. Infection beyond the valve leaflet was an independent predictor for postoperative PPM insertion.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
cardiac surgery
mitral valve
aortic valve
minimally invasive
acute kidney injury
coronary artery bypass
aortic stenosis
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
heart failure
left ventricular
coronary artery disease