Quality of life outcomes in transcatheter aortic valve replacement patients requiring pacemaker implantation.
Aishwarya BhardwajTharmathai RamananAbhishek C SawantEverett SinibaldiMichael PhamSahoor KhanReema QureshiNikhil AgrawalCharl KhalilRosemary HansenShannon BaldoGerald ColernJohn CorbelliAshish PershadHiroko BeckVijay IyerPublished in: Journal of arrhythmia (2018)
Permanent pacemaker implantation is associated with short-term reduction in QoL without long-term implications post-TAVR. Patients with poor QoL post-TAVR also have significantly higher mortality.
Keyphrases
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic stenosis
- aortic valve
- ejection fraction
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- risk factors
- vena cava
- cardiovascular disease
- adipose tissue
- left ventricular
- patient reported outcomes
- skeletal muscle
- pulmonary embolism
- atrial fibrillation