Choose to fly higher rather than pacing around.
Giuseppe MusumeciTiziana Claudia AranzullaPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2020)
Pre-existing right bundle branch block and the depth of the prosthesis in the left ventricle are predictors of permanent pacemaker implantation (PPI) following transcatheter aortic valve replacement. The recapturable capability of the Evolut R system allows higher and more precise valve implantation and this was associated with halved incidence of PPI as compared with the CoreValve. Larger studies are needed to assess the feasibility of systematic very high implantation (depth in the left ventricle outflow tract ≤3 mm) of the Evolut R and the associated rate of PPI.
Keyphrases
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic stenosis
- aortic valve
- protein protein
- mitral valve
- ejection fraction
- pulmonary artery
- pulmonary hypertension
- optical coherence tomography
- risk factors
- small molecule
- coronary artery
- congenital heart disease
- pulmonary arterial hypertension